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As You Like It/Hamlet, Shakespeare’s Globe
Michelle Terry’s first season as Artistic Director of the Globe will be carefully scrutinised. Emma Rice’s contentious exit raised important questions about the venue’s purpose, its balancing of tradition and innovation, new and returning audiences, and about how we engage … Continue reading
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Tagged as you like it, broadwayworld, comedy, drama, emma rice, globe, hamlet, london, michelle terry, play, review, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, theatre, visit london
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Hamlet, Harold Pinter Theatre
Following a sold-out Almeida run, Robert Icke’s thoughtfully contemporary take on Shakespeare hits the West End, with its original cast mainly intact (Derbhle Crotty succeeds Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude on 4 July). The big draw, of course, is the superb … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew scott, broadwayworld, hamlet, harold pinter theatre, jessica brown findlay, juliet stevenson, review, robert icke, shakespeare, theatre, trump, west end
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Old Vic
Fifty years on, Tom Stoppard’s absurdist tragicomedy is back in the theatre where it had its professional premiere, and still just as dazzlingly virtuosic. If some of its gags, musings and metatheatrical tricks have since become overfamiliar through imitation, that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, daniel radcliffe, hamlet, joshua mcguire, london, old vic, review, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, shakespeare, theatre, tom stoppard
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Take Five! Spend Your Tea Break with Kenneth Branagh
Ahead of The Entertainer‘s opening at the Garrick, relive five of Kenneth Branagh’s great performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Take Five! Spend your tea break with Derek Jacobi
As Derek Jacobi opens in Kenneth Branagh’s Romeo and Juliet, relive five of his great performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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RSC collaborates on Shakespeare In Art exhibition at Compton Verney
As part of the Bard’s 400th anniversary celebrations, the gallery at Compton Verney in Warwickshire – which is just nine miles away from Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon – has joined forces with the RSC to create a new exhibition. SHAKESPEARE IN … Continue reading
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