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Sir Patrick Stewart reveals he wanted to turn down Star Trek role but kids encouraged him

After 36 years playing the iconic captain of the Enterprise, Sir Patrick Stewart is returning to Star Trek for the final time - and admits he knew nothing about Star Trek when he was offered the job

Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023

Chichester Festival theatre appoints Justin Audibert as new artistic director

Audibert, who runs the Unicorn children’s theatre in London, will replace Daniel Evans who is moving to the Royal Shakespeare Company

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023

Stephen Greif obituary

The Crown and Blake’s 7 actor who performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2023

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Is the writing on the wall for the British Museum’s BP deal?

Chair of the museum, George Osborne, says it no longer wants to be a ‘destination for climate protest’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh to explore societal prejudices by playing Richard III

Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about ‘body pathologising’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022

‘It has added political resonance this year’: why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol still strikes a chord

Audiences can choose from a glut of Ebenezers this festive season, with the infamous miser a more pointed character than ever in these hard times

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Timothy O’Brien obituary

Stage designer who worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the National Theatre in London and opera houses in the UK and abroad

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

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The Week on Stage: From My Neighbour Totoro to Marvellous

A guide to the week’s theatre

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

My Neighbour Totoro review – dazzling staging of the Studio Ghibli classic

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production has astonishing puppetry, magical music and huge emotional impact

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022

The RSC’s work in schools and communities isn’t ‘subordinate’

Letters: This activity by the Royal Shakespeare Company is equal and integral to everything that happens on a main stage, writes David Longford

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022

Hilary Mantel wrote me kind notes that I felt deliriously teased by

I met Hilary Mantel in 2013 in Clapham. She was working with the Royal Shakespeare Company to turn Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies into plays.

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022

The Royal Shakespeare Company announces Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey as new artistic directors

The pair will take on the responsibilities from June 2023 following the resignation of Gregory Doran

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey are an inspired duo to lead the RSC

An immense task awaits the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors who must attract top talent, prioritise verse-speaking and combine classic repertory and contemporary drama

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2022

Royal Shakespeare Company announces new co-artistic directors for 2023

Erica Whyman is currently the acting artistic director following Gregory Doran stepping back from the role.

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

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Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II: The London buildings and Tube stations opened during her 70-year reign

In her seven decades on the throne, the Queen opened over 100 buildings in the capital alone. Here are some of the highlights from each decade

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022

Charles’s Shakespearean tribute to the Queen

The King said his mother had been ‘a pattern to all princes living’.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022

How to save money when you’re 60-plus

Claim deals in restaurants and pubs, in cinemas and theatres and when travelling by train or coach

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2022

London arts venues closed due to Queen’s death

From galleries to theatres and museums – here’s how London’s artistic spaces are dealing with the passing of Her Majesty the Queen

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2022

Unfinish’d sympathy: can literature get over reading disability morally?

The ‘crookednesse’ of Richard III’s back was presented by Shakespeare as an expression of his villainy while Quasismodo embodied saintly unworldliness. Are we ready to see disability without symbolism?

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 12, 2022

Theater Legend Kani Turns Eye to Modern South Africa

When John Kani launched his acting career in the 1960s, the only stage he could find was an empty snake pit at a shuttered South African museum. His latest production, "Kunene and the King", opened with the Royal Shakespeare Company and played on London's West End. It's now resuming a…

Glasgow Live · May 14, 2022

Where are the cast of The High Life now?

Divorce, death, and Hollywood - the cast of the classic one season show The High Life have had different paths since Air Scotia landed their last flight.

Bangkok Post · Apr 27, 2022

Anime 'My Neighbor Totoro' to be adapted into stage play in Britain

TOKYO: Studio Ghibli's classic animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" will be adapted into a stage play at Britain's prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company from October, Nippon Television Network Corp, one of the collaborators, said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022

RSC to stage adaptation of animated fantasy film My Neighbour Totoro

Royal Shakespeare Company’s version of celebrated Studio Ghibli movie will be first opening ‘of this scale’ in nearly 40 years

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

It’s time for the Royal Shakespeare Company to be led by an actor

Gregory Doran has achieved much at the RSC and directed some fine productions. Let’s have an actor in charge next: how about Adjoa Andoh or Simon Russell Beale?

Nottingham Post · Apr 24, 2022

I’m alive but I’ve met some monsters - how Radford actor's mental health struggle led to Shakespeare

He is now performing for the Royal Shakespeare Company

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