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“Shakespeare on wheels” – F1’s biggest ever partner on why the series captures the imagination

For the first time in its illustrious history, the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix has a title sponsor, with TAG Heuer claiming the distinct honour.

Autosport

‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth

Translocating the Scottish play to Iran with help from the RSC, iNK Stories’ version focuses on a Lady Macbeth contending with an oppressive surveillance state

The Guardian - UK

Ambition is not a dirty word: female politicians and the ‘Lady Macbeth bias’

When the new parliament convenes after the recent election, it will feature a rarity in Australian politics. Women will lead two significant political parties at the same time: the Liberal Party’s Sussan Ley and the Greens’ Larissa Waters.

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‘Theatre puts a finger in the wound’: Willem Dafoe returns to his first love in Venice

He is a transfixing screen presence – but he lives for the raw thrill of the stage. As he takes over the Venice theatre biennale, the star lets us know what to expect: cut-up plays and a Pinocchio unlike any other

The Guardian - UK

Three years after his death, Stephen Sondheim feels more alive than ever

IN FOCUS: ‘Here We Are’, now running at the National Theatre, is the musical theatre titan’s final, posthumous work. But when it comes to Sondheim, this couldn’t be further from the end, writes Louis Chilton

The Independent UK

Meet The Longest Living Animal Whose Birth Predates Shakespeare

Meet the longest living animal on Earth, whose lifespan stretches back thousands of years! More ancient than Shakespeare, find out which animal reigns longest.

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Hamlet Hail to the Thief at Aviva Studios Manchester review: Radiohead plus Shakespeare? Yes please

4/5 These two very different works have been fused into an urgent, frantic 100-minute work that’s part drama, part dance piece and part gig

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David Harewood to return to Othello almost 30 years after groundbreaking National Theatre production

Harewood – who became the first black actor to play Othello at the NT in 1997 – will play the role at Theatre Royal Haymarket opposite Toby Jones as Iago

The Guardian - UK

Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe review: why is it set in the Wild West?

3/5 Lola Shalam is strident, standout Juliet - but the production could do without those massive white hats and all that shouting

Evening Standard

From Tony-Winning Shows to Global Streams: How BroadwayHD Is Changing the Stage

BroadwayHD is home to hundreds of productions, including those such as Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and Cats. The platform, which is always ad-free, features the finest productions, from Shakespeare's iconic plays to Tony Award-winning blockbusters.

International Business Times

Romeo and Juliet review – star-crossed lovers transported to the wild west

Director Sean Holmes’s high concept production shows that the frontier works surprisingly well as Shakespeare’s fractious Verona

The Guardian - UK

Millie Gibson on returning to Doctor Who: ‘Ruby has PTSD’

Millie Gibson tells us about returning to Doctor Who as Ruby Sunday for two special episodes and reflects on fame and the future

Evening Standard

Federal judge bars Trump’s ‘unconstitutional’ retaliation against law firm Perkins Coie

In a ‘cringe-worthy twist’ on Shakespeare, Trump is urging in an ‘unconstitutional’ attack: Let’s ‘kill all the lawyers I don’t like,’ the judge wrote

The Independent UK

The versatile actor T.R. Knight gets eerie on Broadway with the 'Stranger Things' play

In a career that has spanned Shakespeare and “Grey’s Anatomy,” T

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Titus Andronicus review – Simon Russell Beale is sublime amid epic horrors

Echoes of Gaza and Guantanamo ripple through the violence of Shakespeare’s paradoxically poetic play, immaculately staged by the RSC

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea 1-0 Everton: Premier League – as it happened

Chelsea boosted their hopes of a Champions League spot as Nicolas Jackson ended his goal-drought with a first-half winner to sink Everton

The Conversation

‘I were but little happy, if I could say how much’: Shakespeare’s insights on happiness have held up for more than 400 years

What is “happiness” – and who gets to be happy?

The Guardian - UK

Much Ado About Nothing review – RSC boots the action to elite Italian football in a play of two halves

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonBenedick is a midfielder for Serie A team FC Messina in a show with top-form performances and a clever visual metaphor, albeit some pacing problems in the final third

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Playwright Asif Khan: ‘When people think about theatre, they think white people and Shakespeare’

Sisters 360, Khan’s new play for children, tells the story of two hijab-wearing skateboarding sisters in Bradford. He hopes it will upend lazy ideas around Muslim girls – and bring new audiences to the theatre

Evening Standard

Victoria Smurfit on Rivals S2 and Ghosts: "it's 17 years since I've been on the stage!"

Victoria Smurfit tells us about hitting the Lyric Hammersmith for a new adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts and heading back to Jilly Cooper land

Evening Standard

Big Stars take over the West End again as Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste lead Arthur Miller classic

Breaking Bad star and Oscar winner jo9in powerhouse cast for revival of All My Sons - tickets set to sell-out fast

The Conversation

All the Shakespearean references in The White Lotus season three explained by an expert

Warning: this article contains major spoilers for the ending of White Lotus season three.

The Guardian - UK

‘The violence is relentless. I don’t understand it’: Simon Russell Beale faces up to Shakespeare’s goriest play

The celebrated actor has long struggled with the murder and dismemberment at the heart of Titus Andronicus. Now, at 64, he is finally tackling a play that ‘teeters on the edge of acceptability’ – but he’s made a few changes

The Guardian - UK

Olivier winner John Lithgow attacks Trump’s second presidency as ‘a disaster’ for US arts

Speaking after his best actor victory, Lithgow said Donald Trump’s administration ‘has done some shocking, destructive things’ especially its takeover of the Kennedy Center

Evening Standard

First look images: Radiohead's Thom Yorke transforms Hamlet into electrifying rock theatre

Rehearsal photos reveal cast performing radical 'Hail to the Thief' choreography for Shakespeare reimagining

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