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Romeo and Juliet review – star-crossed lovers double up and dazzle

Exuberant production sees spoken word and physically expressive BSL users mirroring each other as they audition to take the lead roles

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Black actor who faced abuse over role in Romeo & Juliet calls for industry-wide action

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who played Juliet alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo, says racist abuse went on for months

The Guardian - UK

From Salt-N-Pepa to Romeo and Juliet: how rap sparked Sam White’s passion for Shakespeare

The US director draws upon a fight at her Detroit school, her love of opera and hiphop, and her time as a standup to deliver a fleet-footed version of the star-crossed lovers’ tragedy

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‘They’ve robbed us’: UK pensioners on losing the winter fuel payment

Three pensioners tell us what they think about the vote and their concerns about the coming winter

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33 unique experiences in Italy for a bucket list trip

From truffle hunting to open-air opera and olive oil tasting in stunning Tuscany

Woman & Home

Zendaya Supports Tom Holland's Final 'Romeo and Juliet' Performance—Plus Fall's Wide-Leg Denim Trend

The actress is following other A-listers' lead.

Marie Claire

Pat Heywood obituary

Stalwart of the British stage who was also known for her film roles in Romeo and Juliet and 10 Rillington Place

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I may be in my 90s, but I’m not sure I want Hollywood to ‘de-age’ me like Tom Hanks

Yes, with the help of AI, I could play Juliet or go on Naked Attraction. But wouldn’t something be lost in the process? says actor and writer Sheila Hancock

The Guardian - UK

VCA graduate Kristina Ross set her novel at a ‘vicious, cutthroat’ famous drama school. She says she wrote it for young actors

Some time in the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, 17-year-old Kristina Ross became “one of the youngest actors ever selected” to enrol in the Drama School of the Victorian College of the Arts. Her experiences so shaped, reshaped, made and unmade her that many years later…

The Conversation

At 61, ballerina Alessandra Ferri is giving her pointe shoes one last — maybe? — glorious whirl

When Alessandra Ferri, one of the world's most celebrated dramatic ballerinas, takes the stage Friday at the Metropolitan Opera House to channel Virginia Woolf, logic dictates it will be her last dance appearance

The Independent UK

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP is coming in September

Go San Romero Knights!

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Benjamin Millepied’s Romeo and Juliet Suite review – a surprising, often thrilling experience

Choreographer’s queer, condensed version dissolves the boundaries of the stage and, in a brilliant passage of dancing, the walls of the Joan Sutherland theatre itself

The Guardian - AU

Romeo n Juliet 4EVA review – Jamaican teens breathe fresh life into Shakespeare romance

What started life as a reality show following kids in schools putting on Shakespeare has become a rather lovely adaptation with performances that give the pros a run for their money

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Romeo & Juliet; Richard III; Passing Strange review – no fault in these stars

Jamie Lloyd’s youthfully intense staging gives us a Juliet for the ages; Michelle Terry’s king rises above the disability row; and the European premiere of a Broadway musical rocks but doesn’t soar

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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

Evening Standard

Romeo & Juliet at Duke of York’s Theatre review: Tom Holland is amazing in this buzzy Shakespeare reinvention

Holland and Francesca Amewuda-Rivers make the most spellbinding star-crossed lovers in years

Marie Claire

Zendaya Looks Like a Shakespearean Heroine for Tom Holland's 'Romeo & Juliet' Premiere

She made a surprise visit to her boyfriend's big premiere.

The Guardian - UK

Romeo & Juliet review – Tom Holland enters to whoops as Francesca Amewudah-Rivers shows a steely cool

The Spider-Man star and his spikily charismatic Juliet, giving a heroic performance after all the abuse she faced, are perfectly cast in Jamie Lloyd’s turbo-stylised production

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Marie Claire

Why everyone is talking about Tom Holland in Romeo and Juliet

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When It Comes to Grace Kelly’s 1956 Wedding Gown, the Magic Is In the Exquisite Details

“It really was just the most understated, yet elegant and unexpected gown choice that has really stood the test of time.”

The Guardian - US

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler to lead ‘brutal’ Romeo + Juliet on Broadway

Acclaimed director Sam Gold will adapt the Shakespeare tragedy with new music from hitmaker and Taylor Swift collaborator Jack Antonoff

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tom Holland's silence over the racist abuse of his co-star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is a very bad look

Rarely is there a silver lining when it comes to racism. This is true in the case of the despicable barrage of abuse against actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, cast as Juliet alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo in an upcoming West End production of Shakespeare’s most famous play. But if there is one…

The Guardian - UK

‘Too much to bear’: Black actors condemn racial abuse of Romeo & Juliet star

More than 800 performers signed a letter after Francesca Amewudah-Rivers was targeted with online abuse

The Canberra Times

Meet the Canberran stealing the show as 'rock star' Romeo

Wherefore art thou Romeo? On stage, in & Juliet.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The racist hounding of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for her Romeo & Juliet role is painfully stupid

The best revenge is success. So news that Jamie Lloyd’s staging of Romeo & Juliet with Tom Holland has apparently secured a Broadway transfer before it’s even opened in London feels like a victory. Last week the show’s producers were compelled to issue a statement deploring the “barrage of deplorable…

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