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Music and interview with Hadestown's Anaïs Mitchell... The Standard Theatre Podcast

Plus, our reviews of Cowbois and The Good John Proctor

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2024

The week in theatre: Kim’s Convenience; Kin – review

Ins Choi’s disarming Korean corner store comedy makes a timely return to the stage; a show of migrant stories feels more like ritual than chronicle; and a new era dawns at the RSC

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024

A Shakespeare play slashed to 80 minutes? Bring it on – theatre can be far too stressful

The play’s the thing. But what’s so wrong with the RSC’s plan to also let people have dinner, or catch the last train home? asks Arifa Akbar

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024

Mumbai professor bags Royal Society of Chemistry’s Nyholm prize

Prof. Ladage of Mumbai's Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, won the Royal Society of Chemistry's Nyholm Prize for Education for her advocacy of chemical education.

The Hindu · Dec 13, 2023

The Fair Maid of the West review – songs, silliness and a musical ham

Isobel McArthur gives a giddy fresh spin to Thomas Heywood’s 16th-century romp which sends a Cornish landlady, in her repurposed bar, to sea

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023

‘Forever chemicals’ found in drinking water sources across England

Exclusive: Experts ‘alarmed’ after potentially toxic chemicals detected in sources at 17 of England’s 18 water firms

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023

Autumn statement: voters in Shakespeare’s birthplace count cost of Tory theatre

Usually boosted by tourist spending, Stratford-upon-Avon’s residents and businesses lament cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023

Joss Ackland obituary

Veteran British actor known for his many and varied film, TV and stage roles in a career that spanned more than 70 years

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

Joss Ackland: a beacon of power on British stage and screen

From a sportive Falstaff for the RSC to a powerful Juan Perón in Evita, Ackland – who has died aged 95 – rarely had the star role but was a reassuring presence

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2023

‘It’s got to be evocative’ … why has a famous Glasgow bar been built at the RSC?

She cast an armchair as Mr Bennet in a Pride and Prejudice reboot. Now Isobel McArthur’s been let loose on lusty romp The Fair Maid of the West. So is she worried about outraging mothbally academics?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023