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Trump campaign ‘no longer thinks New Hampshire is winnable and is pulling back from state,’ leaked insider email claims

Trump volunteer Tom Mountain urged supporters to turn their attentions to Pennsylvania instead – because Trump is ‘sure to lose by an even higher margin’ in New Hampshire than he did in 2016 and 2020

The Independent UK

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre evacuated after firework ‘launched by Algerian football fans’ lands in audience

Audience evacuated to basement after misguided firework landed in Globe Theatre

The Independent UK

‘We need to be seen’: Nadia Nadarajah on portraying Shakespeare’s greatest heroines – as a deaf actor

When Nadia Nadarajah takes the stage at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre from tonight as Cleopatra, she will fulfil a longheld dream: to show others how far you can go as ‘a deaf brown woman who uses sign language and doesn’t speak’

The Guardian - UK

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Father killed his family in their 21-room mansion. Just days before, his wife’s life insurance policy was changed

The parents’ siblings are now battling over the life insurance policy in court

The Independent UK

The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Kiss Me, Kate – review

Shakespeare’s Globe; Barbican, London The possibility of pleasure is everywhere in Sean Holmes’s summer crowd-pleaser, while Adrian Dunbar tackles his first musical role in Cole Porter’s take on the bard’s least appealing play

The Guardian - UK

Straight Acting by Will Tosh review – out on stage

A rich study of queer desire in Shakespeare, from cosplay in The Merchant of Venice to gender fluidity in Twelfth Night

The Guardian - UK

The Taming of The Shrew at Shakespeare’s Globe review: an interesting idea is lost in conceptual soup

This production throws a lot of ideas at Shakespeare’s problematic play but little sticks

Evening Standard

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Season’s eatings: What to cook and eat in June

Summer is just around the corner and with it, a bounty of delicious new ingredients to play with

The Independent UK

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

‘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

Explosive device found at Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts

Device failed to detonate successfully, causing only slight damage to the temple located in the city of the 17-century witch trials

The Guardian - US

Bill Delahunt and his part in a legendary Capitol Hill crash pad quartet - Roll Call

The late Rep. Bill Delahunt was a long-term public servant who also happened to be part of a legendary roommate combo on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call

The Duchess of Malfi at the Sam Wanamaker review: a bracing revival that finds humour in the bloody chaos

An atmospheric production that brings out Jacobean playwright John Webster’s savage poetry and bleak world vision

Evening Standard

To bark or not to bark: Shakespeare's Globe recruits adorable guard dog

Heidi and Bella regularly pull in thousands of views on their ‘day in the life’ videos.

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The Guardian - UK

Acting, disability and the problem with ‘lived experience’

Letters: Guardian readers respond to the row about a non-disabled actor playing Richard III at Shakespeare’s Globe

The Guardian - UK

Non-disabled Richard III actor to press on despite calls for recast

Michelle Terry, who is also the Globe’s artistic director, says she will not alter her physicality for role

Evening Standard

Othello at Shakespeare's Globe review: arresting update set in the toxic Met Police feels horribly credible

This intimate, powerful production transposed from Venice to the Met in London refreshes the play and feels horribly credible

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m done with pretenders’: disabled actors on reclaiming Richard III

As the Globe faces accusations of ‘cripping up’ with a new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, disabled theatre-makers explain why the role should not be open to all

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The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare’s Globe criticised for casting non-disabled actor as Richard III

Disabled actors respond to the announcement that Michelle Terry, the Globe’s artistic director, will be taking up the role

The Guardian - UK

A Shakespeare play slashed to 80 minutes? Bring it on – theatre can be far too stressful

The play’s the thing. But what’s so wrong with the RSC’s plan to also let people have dinner, or catch the last train home? asks Arifa Akbar

The Guardian - UK

‘Things were being thrown at us!’ Is booing at the theatre actually a good thing?

It is one of the most electrifying and unsettling sounds in theatre. Should we be encouraging crowds to do it more? Experts tell us about booing’s origins – and actors remember being on the receiving end of audience outrage

Evening Standard

'Once corrupt, the Golden Globes is now nothing but money in a billionaire’s bank'

After years of scandal and strife, Todd Boehly's acquisition of the beleaguered Golden Globes promises a new era of integrity...but is it really in service of cinematic excellence or just an opportunistic money-making ploy? Alexandra Jones reports

The Guardian - UK

Sound and fury, signifying something: what made Macbeth so popular in 2023?

Ralph Fiennes and David Tennant are among the stars playing Shakespeare’s Thane this year. Might the tragedy’s current popularity have something to do with the Tory government?

Salon

Why Golden Globes mean less than ever

The glitzy award show has a new owner and network, but its waning relevance is unchanged

The Independent UK

What the Golden Globe nominations tell us about the 2024 Oscars

Louis Chilton looks at the takeaways from this year’s list of nominees

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