The Latest Breaking News from Shakespeare

What went on in town this week, from hot Elizabethans to literati parties

After teasing the return via flyers this week, the celebrated band are hitting the road after a seven year absence. Their upcoming November and December gigs are already the must-have tickets of the year.

Flyers have been popping up in various European cities, with fans only given dates and no venues. Could the band be about to hit the road for the first time in seven years? And does this mean a new album is on the way?

Sharpen your pencils and dust off those old notebooks - it’s time to head back to English class!From tricky grammar rules you haven’t thought about in years to the classic novels that filled your school reading lists, this quiz will test both sides of your brain.Can you recall Shakespeare, Dickens,…

From Shakespeare’s fools to Donald Trump, this exhilarating read considers stupidity in its many forms

After playing Danish prince Hamlet, actor Riz Ahmed has challenged long-held interpretations of Shakespeare’s most famous character.

Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith has a long held fascination with the brilliance of Patricia Highsmith, who published the classic novel The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1955.

She brought Elizabethan-era fashion to the Central Park premiere of 'Twelfth Night'.

The actor’s minimal staging of the Shakespeare comedy favours stillness and feeling over comic fizz, with moving performances from Gloria Obianyo and Amber James

There’s a hint of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet in the cocksure, poppy aesthetic of this charismatic display of acrobatics, tumbling and clowning

A furious and unsettling Shakespeare reboot exposes colonial violence and demands accountability for crimes against Indigenous people