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Queen Lear review – all-female acting troupe do a village Shakespeare

This heartwarming documentary about local villagers touring rural Turkey is full of transformative encounters and communal enjoyment

The Guardian - UK

The 47th review – Bertie Carvel is devilishly good but this Trumpian satire feels too soon

Mike Bartlett’s script turns US politics into Shakepearean comedy but falls oddly flat despite magnetising performances

The Guardian - UK

Americans with the best British accents

Oscar Isaac might have failed in his faux-Cockney accent on "Moon Knight" but a few Americans have met success

Salon

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One of the UK's biggest open air theatre festivals to return to Cardiff's Sophia Gardens

Sophia Gardens last held the long-established Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival in 2019

Wales Online

From Shakespeare to Ian Curtis: British pop archive to open in Manchester

Exclusive: John Rylands Research Institute and Library to house collection that will also include Granada TV treasures

The Guardian - UK

COVID-19 Temporarily Stops Daniel Craig’s Return to Broadway

Could it be the curse of the Scottish play? Daniel Craig's return to Broadway in a new version of “Macbeth” has been temporarily halted after the actor contracted COVID-19. Wednesday's matinee and evening performances were canceled when the James Bond actor tested positive. When he'll returns was not immediately known,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COVID-19 temporarily stops Daniel Craig's return to Broadway

Could it be the curse of the Scottish play

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Milton Jones looks back: ‘I remember making a dog-food sandwich and taking it to school for him’

The standup and his brother Andy recreate an old photo and look back on a conservative, Christian upbringing

The Guardian - UK

Poetry in motion: my car-free break in Shakespeare country

Stratford makes a grand opener for Warwickshire’s showreel of medieval forests, Tudor houses and civil war battlefields

The Guardian - UK

Review: ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ is a ruminative tale of witchcraft and the joys of being alive — it won’t be for everyone

“What a piece of work is man!” Neither of the ravenous witches in “You Won’t Be Alone” actually quote Shakespeare, but that astonished sentiment informs every beat of first-time feature filmmaker Goran Stolevski’s ruminative supernatural tale, set in the rustic hillside villages of 19th-century Macedonia.

Chicago Tribune

Theatre-goer storms out of play and demands refund with 'ridiculous' complaint

A member of the audience at York Theatre Royal has complained to the establishment after paying for a ticket to Shakespeare's As You Like It and becoming outraged by one defining aspect of the production

Daily Mirror

Sir Ian McKellen to star in Edinburgh Fringe exclusive production of Hamlet

The Lord of the Rings star is set to reprise the role 50 years after first playing the Shakespearean prince as part of a special performance alongside the Edinburgh ballet company

Edinburgh Live

Northern Shakespeare production leads to complaint about Yorkshire accents

Bosses said the customer left after an hour and asked for a refund, but was refused.

The Independent UK

Twitter users think 'Macbeth' curse caused Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscars slap

According to folklore, via the Royal Shakespeare Company, the tragedy was cursed from the very beginning, when a coven of witches opposed Shakespeare's use of real sorcery in the text.

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The Guardian - UK

Hamlet review – an emotional rollercoaster for young audiences

Jude Christian’s funny and suspenseful adaptation for children draws them into the heart of Shakespeare’s story

The Guardian - UK

Merseyside’s new Shakespeare theatre opens by celebrating builders and footballers

Local heroes including screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and comedian Johnny Vegas will take stage at Shakespeare North Playhouse this summer

Liverpool Echo

£30m Shakespeare North Playhouse supported by Johnny Vegas to open in Prescot

Johnny Vegas said: 'Let's make it up north, let's do it up north, let’s have some faith in us up north'

The Conversation

Why weren't women allowed to act in Shakespeare's plays?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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Much like the city he comes from, chef Marco Avesani's cooking is a labour of love. Born and raised in Verona, the city famous for being the setting of the greatest love story in English literature, Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet, chef Avesani is the new face of La Bottega di…

Chronicle Live

Star Trek star in Newcastle 40 years ago - when Picard was still in the distant future

In March 1982, a time long before his television adventures is deepest space, the actor Patrick Stewart was in Newcastle with the Royal Shakespeare Company

The Guardian - UK

‘Experience Shakespeare by seeing it – even better, be in it’: inside the RSC’s new epic

Owen Horsley’s new production of Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3, uses a cast of 120, including professionals and community participants, with some of them filming the action on stage

The Guardian - UK

Macbeth review – an excess of sound and fury

Efforts to make Shakespeare accessible to all rub against confused staging and wayward delivery in Amy Leach’s ambitious production

Los Angeles Times

Denzel Washington tackles Shakespeare and life's fourth quarter with grace

LOS ANGELES — Denzel Washington and I have been talking for a good, long stretch on a recent late Friday afternoon, discussing life's fourth quarter, the September of our years, when, pretty much out of nowhere, he starts singing Neil Young's "Southern Man."

Evening Standard

Ukraine war: Zelensky echoes Churchill in historic address to Parliament in appeal for more support from UK

The Ukrainian president used language similar to the British war leader and quoted from Shakespeare during his speech

The Independent UK

Zelensky gives Churchillian address to MPs as UK announces Russian oil ban

The Ukrainian president used language similar to the British war leader and quoted from Shakespeare during his address.

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