Hamlet review – deconstructed take on the Danish prince centres people with Down’s syndrome
Part of the Edinburgh international festival, the eight-strong cast of this Peruvian production, who all have Down’s, deliver charisma and fiery energy
Pericles review – Alfred Enoch rules the stage in a neglected Shakespeare
Tamara Harvey’s first production as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s co-artistic director highlights the play’s sharp political intelligence
‘Don’t kill the actors’: three friends’ quest to stage Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto
Something Rotten! is a riotous Shakespeare musical ripe for the West End
Chris Wiegand
‘We need to be seen’: Nadia Nadarajah on portraying Shakespeare’s greatest heroines – as a deaf actor
July 2024
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Rough Magic review – zany riff on Macbeth bewitches young audience
Gleefully batty caper finds one of the weird sisters in hot cauldron water after making reckless promises of a very bright future to a passing thane
Joe Biden’s trajectory is like a Shakespearean tragedy
Sidney Blumenthal
George Clooney could star as Biden in a rich adaptation of the pathos, tragedy and triumph of the president’s life in politics
Macbeth (An Undoing) review – Lady M takes over Shakespeare’s play … but what for?
Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Shakespeare v the Tories, Mel C’s dance show and more
June 2024
O, Canada! The Bard is ribbed and revered at Ontario’s Stratford festival
‘We’re going to find the next Shakespeare’: inside DC’s $80m library renovation
Book of the day
Straight Acting by Will Tosh review – out on stage
Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey to play Richard II on London stage
Disputes about Shakespeare’s authorship are much ado about nothing
Ian McKellen’s understudy to perform in final London dates of Player Kings
The Taming of the Shrew review – full of foolishness, low on laughs
Ian McKellen ‘looking forward to returning to work’ after falling off stage
The Merry Wives of Windsor offers strong evidence that Shakespeare was not its author
‘He queered the hell out of it’: the man behind Shakespeare’s same-sex love sonnets
