FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 23 - Caught on Camera

The Fun, Frank, and Completely Miserable Poetry of Barfly

Michael Lista’s new collection of poems should come with a Health Canada warning

The Walrus · May 31, 2024

The Playbook by James S Shapiro review – a very 1930s culture war

This history of the bitter fight over the Federal Theatre Project has disturbing lessons for today’s politics

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024

Best illustrated books for adults for a visually captivating yarn

Picture perfect storytelling at its finest

Evening Standard · May 30, 2024

Romeo & Juliet review roundup: What critics are saying about Tom Holland’s Shakespeare starring role

‘It is all very clever, but to what end?’ one writer asked

The Independent UK · May 24, 2024

Romeo & Juliet review: Tom Holland’s star-cross’d sad boy lover falls flat

Hot on the heels of his triumphant ‘Sunset Boulevard’ revival, Jamie Lloyd has recruited one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood to take on Shakespeare – but this stripped back production needs more passion and energy to make it stand out

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

Hay Festival 2024: our guide to this year’s highlights

Judi Dench talking Shakespeare, conversations with bestsellers Marian Keyes and David Nicholls, and a deep dive into the day’s news with Independent journalists and leading thinkers – this year’s Hay Festival programme is fit to burst with unmissable events. Jessie Thompson picks the highlights

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

Richard III at Shakespeare's Globe review: Michelle Terry shines but the show is shouty and unfocused

Bizarre pacing choices and gabbled lines undermine the production – but the Globe’s artistic director makes for a compelling king

Evening Standard · May 22, 2024

Richard III review – a fast-paced study of toxic masculinity with an almost entirely female cast

Michelle Terry portrays the king as a playfully antic sociopath in a lively production full of effective performances

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

‘The level of hate was dangerous’: Michelle Terry on the backlash to her casting as Richard III

Artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe says much of the anger about a non-disabled actor playing the role has been misogynistic

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

Need proof who wrote Shakespeare’s plays? See The Merry Wives of Windsor

Set for revival at the RSC, this perfectly structured revenge comedy has an earthy vitality that no aristo or scholar could have created

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024