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Mamma Mia! is Shakespeare’s Tempest in campy musical disguise

Mamma Mia!, the 1999 jukebox musical built around the songs of the pop group ABBA, became a huge hit in the theatre internationally and later a commercially successful feature film. It has inspired a host of spinoffs including a prequel film, an immersive dining experience and fan fiction.

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Storm at The Tempest: 'Bohemian' woman brings baby to sell-out Shakespeare play starring Sir Kenneth Branagh

The ‘gurgling’ and ‘cooing’ infuriated theatregoers during the sell-out show

Evening Standard

Virginia Gay: ‘Shakespeare’s most overrated play? Hamlet. Too long’

The actor and director on Disney villains, the sexy power of the melt emoji, and shattering a glass globe over the audience during Calamity Jane

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The Tempest review – Kenneth Branagh returns to the RSC in this enchanting production

Prospero is reimagined as a conductor in this superbly orchestrated version of Shakespeare’s tragicomedy

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King Charles surprises audience at Kenneth Branagh’s sold-out Shakespeare show in Stratford-upon-Avon

King Charles III made a surprise appearance at a sold-out Royal Shakespeare Company performance of The Tempest, delighting theatregoers. He sat amongst the public, not in a royal box, turning a regular evening into a memorable royal moment. The visit highlights his patronage of the arts and adds significant buzz…

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King takes seat at packed show, delighting theatregoers

Charles was a surprise guest at a production of The Tempest starring Kenneth Branagh in Stratford-upon-Avon, central England.

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King Charles makes surprise appearance at sold-out Shakespeare play in Stratford-upon-Avon

Charles was a guest at a production of The Tempest starring Sir Kenneth Branagh

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Charles delights theatregoers as he takes seat at sold-out show

The King is watching Sir Kenneth Branagh perform in a production of The Tempest in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Evening Standard

Poet, playwright, spy: Stephen Greenblatt conjures the brilliant life of Christopher Marlowe

In Dark Renaissance, his new biography of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Stephen Greenblatt shares a trait with Marlowe and the Elizabethan playwright’s most famous character, Doctor Faustus: a desire to conjure.

The Conversation

Drag star Jinkx Monsoon: ‘It makes sense for me to play Judy Garland. It just does’

INTERVIEW: The Broadway star and two-time ‘Drag Race’ winner speaks to Louis Chilton about portraying a timeless queer icon on stage, her struggles with addiction, and ‘treating Doctor Who like Shakespeare’

The Independent UK

If This Be Magic by Daniel Hahn review – how on earth do you translate Shakespeare?

Is Hamlet still Hamlet when every word has changed? A superbly diverting book about language and creativity

The Guardian - UK

'It's kind of humbling to come back to a project after all these years, to know that the fans love the game and they love the character so much' — Edward Kenway's actor speaks about revisiting the character for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

Matt Ryan, the actor behind Assassin's Creed Black Flag's Edward Kenway, has discussed revisiting the character 13 years later in the upcoming remake.

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King Charles offered dance lessons after admitting to National Youth Music Theatre students he owns tap shoes

It came as Charles joined Sir Idris Elba on a visit to mark the 50th anniversary of National Youth Music Theatre.

The Independent UK

Can one dance? King offered lessons after he tells students he owns tap shoes

It came as Charles joined Sir Idris Elba on a visit to mark the 50th anniversary of National Youth Music Theatre.

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Michael Pennington was an actor of astonishing range, a wise writer and witty company

Over his kaleidoscopic career, the great Shakespearean was a stalwart of the RSC, co-founded a ‘rock’n’roll’ theatre company and excelled at Chekhov and Pinter

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Shakespeare’s Sisters review: brilliantly unexpected songs and prose give voice to the voiceless

Combining words devised for Shakespeare’s female characters with music from composers old and new this was a Bardic treat with teeth

The Guardian - UK

Michael Pennington, Shakespeare and Star Wars actor, dies aged 82

‘Brilliant, wise’ co-founder of English Shakespeare Company celebrated for roles including Macbeth and Mercutio

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Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’

The actor on dealing with disruptive drinkers in his pub, what he’d ask Shakespeare, and being urged by Alec Guinness to withdraw from Stonewall

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Heading to Azerbaijan for a weekend break conjures up a magic carpet extravaganza

A short trip to Central Asia allowed Geordie Greig to experience the most colourful festival on the Silk Road

Evening Standard

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A winningly sunny show at the Globe

4/5 Director Emily Lim’s version is one full of audience participation and a playful spirit

The Guardian - UK

‘I wanted it to feel both Shakespearean and like Jay-Z’: debut author Sufiyaan Salam on masculinity, rap and meeting Stormzy

Bringing Manchester’s Curry Mile to vibrant life, the #Merky prize-winning author’s cross-genre work focuses on the lives and language of young British men. He discusses identity and inspiration

The Guardian - UK

As a schoolboy, I was dazzled by the Festival of Britain – but it revealed a divided nation

From the Dome of Discovery to the massive cigar-shaped Skylon, the spectacular cultural showcase was an exhilarating sight in 1951. The Tories demolished those prime exhibits yet, 75 years on, it has a significant legacy

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: David Harewood has unfinished business with Othello

The actor commands the stage in Tom Morris’s striking production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, while Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt unite for The Last Five Years

The Conversation

The six best Shakespeare adaptations that aren’t in English

The future of Shakespeare may well lie beyond the English language. That was the striking message I took away from a talk by translation studies scholar Professor Susan Bassnett at the British Shakespeare Conference in Hull in 2016.

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3 Types of Women Men Secretly Miss And Spend Years Trying to Replace

What a man actually remembers is the woman who did not lose herself just because he became unavailable. The woman who stayed warm, but did not become weak. Calm, but not clueless. Loving, but not available for tiny games played by grown adults. Because there is a difference between being…

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