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The Tony Blair Rock Opera features bagpipes, Lady Macbeth and a wrestling match with Gordon Brown

If you’re looking for subtlety and sophistication, Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera is probably not for you. It starts – literally – with a bang and careens through a hectic hour and a half of high-energy songs and skits.

The Conversation

The best theatre to stream this month: That Face, Macbeth and Dance Umbrella

Our roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a revival of Polly Stenham’s debut play, London’s international dance festival and Patrick Stewart suffering toil and trouble

The Guardian - UK

Wake up, people! GB News is after our National Trust scones

The right-leaning channel is throwing its weight behind a Tufton Street-backed campaign to undermine the heritage charity

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First collection of William Shakespeare’s plays on show to toast key anniversary

The 400-year-old collection includes the first publication of Macbeth

The Independent UK

‘You don’t know what you might have set upon yourself’: the best descriptions of ambition in literature

The last word, our series about emotions in books, focuses on those who are determined to succeed this month, from Lady Macbeth to Flaubert’s privileged college boys

The Guardian - UK

From culture to nature: five ways to discover the magic of the Scottish Highlands and islands this autumn

Fancy throwing yourself into a ceilidh in a village hall, or discovering prehistoric landscapes teeming with ancient monuments? There are many opportunities to experience the unique cultural heritage of the Scottish Highlands and islands this autumn

The Guardian - UK

Opera world split as director reinventions dominate Europe while US, Italy more muted

The opera world is split in two: Some European productions reinvent works in ways composers never imagined, and traditional stagings favored in the U.S. are condemned by cognoscenti

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Macbeth review – Max Bennett’s jokey king is clearly unfit to govern

Gender swapped roles shed new light on dark days in a production – complete with gruesome bodybags and references to fake news – that feels aptly aligned to our times

The Guardian - UK

Bard jokes: how music-hall greats inspired Stewart Lee to meddle with Macbeth

The stand-up comedian describes how he gave a modern twist to the Porter’s dark jokes in a new RSC production directed by Wils Wilson

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to see in September in London, from Waiting for Godot to Giant

We’ve picked out London’s top stage performances to watch this month

Evening Standard

All the shows you can see at Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival this summer

The Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival is back for summer 2023

Wales Online

Hamilton star Reuben Joseph to play Macbeth for the RSC

The West End actor says the Shakespearean role has ‘the disastrous consequences of ambition’ in common with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical

The Guardian - UK

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy audiobook review – love across the sectarian divide

Actor Bríd Brennan narrates this debut novel about a dangerous love affair between an Irish Catholic teacher and a Protestant lawyer

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: Blues for An Alabama Sky, Macbeth and more

Our roundup of drama to enjoy at home includes the National Theatre’s Pearl Cleage revival and David Tennant taking on the Scottish king for the first time

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30 Years Ago, a Sci-Fi Train Wreck Changed the Course of Hollywood History

The very first movie to adapt a video game was such a disaster that it took three decades for Hollywood to get back on track. This is the story of 'Super Mario Bros' (1993).

The Guardian - UK

Grace Bumbry obituary

American opera star with a magnetic stage presence who was the first black singer at Bayreuth

Daily Record

David Tennant will play Macbeth in Donmar Warehouse production in December

Scots star David Tennant has previously performed lead roles in Hamlet, Richard II and Romeo And Juliet.

Evening Standard

Cush Jumbo joins David Tennant in the Donmar Warehouse’s Macbeth in autumn 2023

Tennant and Jumbo previously acted together in Channel 4’s Deadwater Fell

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The Independent UK

David Tennant to play Macbeth on stage for first time this winter

Actor will star in production at the Donmar Warehouse

The Guardian - UK

David Tennant to play Macbeth at Donmar Warehouse

The actor will take to the stage as the Scottish king in December, in the last production of the London theatre’s 30th-anniversary season

The Guardian - UK

King Charles: 71 facts about his long road to the throne

Everything you need to know about man who became heir to British throne 71 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefking: Everything you need to know about man who became heir to the throne 71 years ago

In today’s newsletter: Ahead of King Charles’s coronation, here’s everything you never knew about his life waiting for power

Liverpool Echo

Harry Potter star coming to Liverpool this year in new show

The show will be performed in a warehouse in four cities

The Guardian - UK

Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma to star in Macbeth staged in warehouses

The production, directed by Simon Godwin, will open in Liverpool before heading to Edinburgh, London and Washington DC

The Independent UK

Ralph Fiennes to play Macbeth in tour of converted warehouses

He will be reunited with Indira Varma, who will play Lady Macbeth.

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