Shakespeare's Dream brought to life in Pacific Park, Newcastle The production concludes with a final performance on Sunday, December 17, at 7pm. Newcastle Herald · Dec 16, 2023
Macbeth review – David Tennant thrills in this high-concept production The staging is imaginative and expressive, and the audience is immersed in the action by hearing everything through headphones The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2023
Let Me Go On by Paul Griffiths review – an exquisite experiment Ophelia journeys beyond the grave, in a clever and affecting sequel using just the 481 words spoken by Shakespeare’s character The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023
Ralph Fiennes reveals he gets stage fright... when he’s off stage The veteran Shakespeare performer was left struggling to remember his lines during a daylight monologue outside his beloved theatre ‘cocoon’ The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023
Camila Cabello and Drake Are Spending Quality Time Together in Turks and Caicos Drake followed Cabello on Instagram back in April. Marie Claire · Dec 14, 2023
Ian McKellen reprises Hamlet for new film version Actor plays Shakespeare’s tragic prince in film shot at Theatre Royal Windsor, where he starred in a 2021 stage version The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023
‘Blessed with incredible gravitas’: how Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Andre Braugher was a talent like no other From award-winning Shakespearean roles to changing the face of TV in gritty dramas, the actor was astonishing at everything he tried. Not least, his laser-focused deadpan turn as Raymond Holt The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023
The week in theatre: Infinite Life; The Homecoming; Pacific Overtures – review Chronic illness is captured to extraordinary effect in Annie Baker’s slow yet absorbing new play. Elsewhere, snarling Pinter lacks bite, while the songs eclipse all in rarely revived Sondheim The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023
Ex-Speaker McCarthy's departure from Congress reads like Greek tragedy – but stars a 'slight unmeritable man' and not a hero Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s departure from Congress brings to mind ambition and the other side of ambition’s coin, humiliation – the thirst for fame and power on one side, ignominious failure on the other. The Conversation · Dec 8, 2023
Making It So by Patrick Stewart audiobook review – from Shakespeare to stardom The actor narrates his remarkable journey from a difficult childhood in West Yorkshire to finding fame in Hollywood The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023
‘We’re in the now’: how Brussels theatre KVS keeps up to the minute The Flemish theatre run by Michael De Cock has its own ‘city dramaturg’, functions like a town square and stages shows that reflect a vibrant capital, says the dynamic artistic director The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023
‘I studied the play in school – I hated it’: Cush Jumbo and David Tennant on playing the Macbeths The Shakespeare virtuosos are about to share a stage in a modern-day version of the Scottish play. Fresh out of rehearsals, they discuss PTSD, childhood ambition and what makes them angry The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023
Chandler Bing pyjamas, a Shrigley frisbee and Bowie’s scarf: it’s the arts Christmas gift guide 2023 A Bear apron, a Van Gogh vase, a reversible Frida Kahlo jacket, a Britney death metal T-shirt … here, curated by our arts team, are 30 fabulous festive suggestions for the culture vulture in your life The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023
OPINION - We really, really need to decriminalise regifting Forwarding on a present is not just totally fine, it’s eco-friendly: and needs to just be the norm Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023 Jane Horrocks: ‘I’d love to be a baddie in a Tarantino movie’ The actor answers your questions on working with Mike Leigh, starring in a New Order video and dressing as a giant Snoopy at Harrods
The Canberra Times · Nov 20, 2023 Music, the Metaverse of Magic and a Shakespearean romp are on A potted comic romp through Shakespeare is also on.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2023 Ishion Hutchinson: ‘I can hear a poem before it arrives’ The Jamaican poet on his new collection about West Indian soldiers in the first world war, diving into the messiness of language, and the book he rereads every autumn
Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2023 OPINION - Ian McKellen's thrilling new show is just the kind of innovation the Evening Standard Theatre Awards celebrate Our annual celebration of theatre is packed with fresh takes and new stories
Total Film · Nov 17, 2023 Saltburn director Emerald Fennell on why her follow-up to Promising Young Woman is actually a vampire movie EXCLUSIVE: The writer/director speaks to us about queasy pleasure, Gothic horror, and The Cheeky Girls
Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2023 Ian McKellen will play Falstaff in Robert Icke's new Henry IV Shakespeare adaptation Player Kings will see parts one and two of Shakespeare's 13th century historical drama compacted into one exhilarating new play
GamesRadar · Nov 14, 2023 The mathematical concept of Pi can now play Pokemon, but still can't find the first gym after 16,000 hours of trying The first 6.3 million digits don't have the winning formula, but there's infinitely more to go
Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2023 Acrobats, throat singing and Shakespeare: welcome to the Mongol Khan, London's wildest new theatre production This is the first time a Mongolian play has ever been exported outside of the country
The Conversation · Nov 10, 2023 Restorers uncover demon in a 1789 painting – and reveal the decline of superstition in the Age of Reason Recent news that restorers had uncovered the image of a Gothic-looking demon in a late work by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) seems fitting for these long, dark evenings. The sinister face hovers above the head of a dying clergyman in The Death of Cardinal Beaufort, painted in 1789.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023 ‘You could beat someone to death with that!’ Great theatre wigs – and their miraculous creators Few things in theatre are more transformative than a wig. But who makes them? Can they really be worth thousands? And what looks best on a beheaded tyrant? We meet the hairpiece heroes and their yeti-like creations
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023 Immersive theater experience 'Sleep No More' will end its 13-year New York City run in January The “Macbeth”-inspired immersive theater experience “Sleep No More” that is hosted in three empty, hulking warehouse spaces in downtown New York City will say goodbye early next year on its 5,000 performance