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Amped-up visual gags and a cast that brings its own distinctive comic gifts to the Bard’s dialogue ensure a contemporary feel to the classic comedy

Amid all the nonsense, you find yourself falling for the idiots in one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays

“There’s been no shortage of stage portrayals of real life VIPs in the past couple of years,” said Clive Davis in The Times. Jack Thorne’s “thoughtful, often wickedly droll” new play, about the relationship between Richard Burton and John Gielgud during rehearsals for a 1964 production of Hamlet on Broadway,…

Andrew Slade and Lexi Wolfe are heading to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, with their award winning show After Shakespeare - and while it may be their dream, it doesn’t come without struggle.

Teenagers across the country will be starting their GCSEs next week and ahead of the exams, a former teacher has shared some of the things parents should avoid doing while their kids revise

A blend of pageantry, procession, music and mystery, with many private moments to savour

Jaws star went on to defend Laurence Olivier’s performance in blackface in the 1965 adaptation of Othello

Booker-longlisted in 2018 for their debut novel, In Our Mad and Furious City, the Londoner talks about the follow-up, the slippery life story of a terror suspect, and the fellowship of Ali Smith during a time of stress

An inspiring analysis of Shakespeare and race restores his reputation as a playwright for all