RSC goes for Hamlet hat-trick with production of Fat Ham James Ijames’s Pulitzer-winning play will be part of new season alongside adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025
The play that changed my life: ‘Your Home in the West was an explosive act of anger’ Rod Wooden’s play about poverty in Newcastle broached the class divide with disconcerting realism The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025
‘We were booed. I felt proud’: Daniel Evans on his rollercoaster journey to RSC supremo The joint RSC boss is on unstoppable form, making a blistering return to the stage with a 4:48 Psychosis performed in the small hours – and an Edward II that will be a ‘screw you’ to his school bullies The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2025
Christopher Benjamin obituary Veteran stage, radio and TV actor whose many notable Shakespearean roles included Falstaff and Bottom The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced a Her Story-like game where you hack into Lady MacBeth's computer Out damned Spotify. PC Gamer · Jan 25, 2025
‘Her face is a marvel!’: Vanessa Redgrave’s 20 best films – ranked! With an oeuvre ranging from swooning Merchant Ivory serenity to bravura blasphemy, we rate the acting dynasty doyenne’s finest films as she approaches her 88th birthday The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025
Royal Shakespeare Company reimagines Macbeth for video game users The game is currently in development and slated for release later this year. Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025
Claire van Kampen obituary Composer, playwright and theatre director who often worked with her husband, the actor Mark Rylance The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025
Things to do in London this weekend, from Billie Eilish to Bill Bailey Mike Daw returns with his pick of the best things to see, do and hear this weekend Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025
Charles Kay obituary Stalwart supporting actor who appeared at the RSC and the National, and on TV in I, Claudius and Fortunes of War The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025
Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025
Royal Shakespeare Company to look at AI and immersive technology in theatre The RSC has previously used motion capture technology in a performance of Dream The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024
The week in theatre: The Red Shoes; Wolves on Road – review The shoes do the talking, eventually, in the RSC’s handsome yet overpolite take on Andersen’s grisly fairytale The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024
Emily Richard obituary Actor who toured with the RSC, played Tess of the d’Urbervilles on radio and starred in Lorna Doone on television The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024 Timothy West obituary Popular actor known for his many varied roles and appearing with his wife, Prunella Scales, in C4’s Great Canal Journeys
The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024 The week in theatre: The Forsyte Saga, Parts 1 and 2; Othello – review Over five hours, John Galsworthy’s family epic unfolds with intimate clarity on an almost bare stage. At the RSC, Emilia and Desdemona steal the show
International Business Times · Oct 2, 2024 Why Are Thailand's Roads So Deadly? A horrifying fire on a Thai school bus this week that killed at least 23 people, most of them children, underscores how the kingdom's roads are some of the deadliest in the world.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024 Barbara Leigh-Hunt obituary Highly expressive actor of impeccable technique that could encompass high comedy and full-blown tragedy
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024 ‘It’s like Game of Thrones!’ The return of India’s ancient superhero fantasy epic In the 1980s, Peter Brook’s adaptation of The Mahabharata enchanted audiences on stage and screen. As Brook’s son presents a restored print at the Venice film festival, he and his team discuss the work’s extraordinary journey
The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024 ‘A 70-year-old skipping about pretending to be 20’: the new era of age-blind casting Though Ian McKellen gave his Hamlet at the age of 82, older women rarely get the chance to play young characters. But with Imelda Staunton in Hello Dolly and Geraldine James as Rosalind, are things finally changing?
The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2024 Pericles review – Alfred Enoch rules the stage in a neglected Shakespeare Tamara Harvey’s first production as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s co-artistic director highlights the play’s sharp political intelligence
The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024 As You Like It review – the RSC’s garden party is altogether too ordinary Gender games, rebirth and affection remain in this 80-minute slash of the Shakespeare romcom, which is stylish but short on invention
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024 The week in theatre: The Constituent; Kyoto; Mean Girls – review James Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin struggle for urgency in Joe Penhall’s drama about a threatened female MP; climate crisis talks are turned into a whirligig show; and Tina Fey’s musical of the 2004 film is pink and perky
The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024 Kyoto review – 1997 protocol on climate crisis fuels gripping theatre at the RSC Stephen Kunken’s Republican ringmaster narrates this gripping account of the negotiation of the first international treaty on tackling climate change
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024 ‘The war was not going to stop me’: amateur Ukrainian actors stage King Lear in UK Company performing Shakespeare classic formed of 15 members who moved to small Uzhhorod town during war