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OPINION - Soaring prices, celeb casting, safe revivals — why London theatre is under threat

When Shakespeare was alive and writing, the lowest-priced tickets cost a penny and people of all backgrounds flocked to the Globe. But in the centuries since, a trip to the theatre has acquired a reputation for being only for the gilded few.

Evening Standard

Lost Lear review – Shakespeare’s king holds court in a care home

In Dan Colley’s evocative play, a retired actor with dementia loops through scenes from the classic tragedy

The Guardian - UK

Hamlet: Wakefulness review – fraught and full-throated musical tragedy

Polish company’s musical take on Shakespeare’s death-fixated drama is full of feeling, but its story never really sings

The Guardian - UK

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To buy or not to buy? $2m Shakespeare folio headlines literary treasures on sale at Melbourne’s rare book fair

Booksellers converge for a history-spanning set of offers which includes an ancient Chinese cheat sheet, a jungle cookbook and the first illustrated edition of Pride and Prejudice

The Guardian - AU

Vanessa Kirby admits to being a Sue Storm 'nerd'

Vanessa Kirby has confessed to being obsessed with her Marvel character.

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Dame Cleo Laine obituary

Celebrated singer with an agile contralto voice who, with her husband John Dankworth, helped bring new audiences to jazz

The Guardian - UK

The Online Right's Fairy-Tale Gender Politics

Would wealthy men really choose a Waffle House waitress over a girlboss?

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Twenty-two incredible free things to do and see in New York City, from beaches to secret gardens

Tourists are confronted by $30 sandwiches, $150 show tickets and $500-plus hotels. But we reveal that if you know where to look, New York City isn't just cheap, but completely gratis

The Independent UK

‘What if everyone didn’t die?’ The queer, Pulitzer-winning, happy-ending Hamlet

James Ijames was told Shakespeare wasn’t for the likes of him. Yet his Hamlet revamp electrified Broadway and scooped up Tony nominations. As Fat Ham hits the UK, he talks violence, vengeance, strongmen and joy

The Guardian - UK

The Winter’s Tale review – Bertie Carvel is chilling as the RSC ramps up the thrills

Yaël Farber’s production manages the problem play’s awkward shift from dark to light well, but is often opaque in meaning

The Guardian - UK

The 22 Best Wedding Movies of All Time

Just like real ceremonies, these classic romantic comedies will make you laugh and cry.

Marie Claire

Out, damned shot! Macbeth becomes a cutthroat netball musical at Edinburgh fringe

Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score

The Guardian - UK

Bonnets, speech bubbles and ‘cheeky easter eggs’: a graphic biography of Jane Austen is subtly sophisticated

This year is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and she hasn’t aged a bit as the cultural touchstone of classy romance. Her Pride and Prejudice anti-hero, Mr Darcy, perennially pops up in his breeches in Instagram memes, while Regency feminist, Elizabeth Bennet has been brought to life by…

The Conversation

The play that changed my life: ‘Michael Gambon’s offstage anarchy as Falstaff made the show better’

When Elliot Levey was cast in Henry IV, Parts One and Two, he didn’t expect water-bombing, corpsing and a character redefined by new teeth

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Sarah Jessica Parker issues Hocus Pocus 3 update

Sarah Jessica Parker has issued an update on the future of Hocus Pocus 3, admitting the cast would "like to do it" and there have been "some conversations" about the motion picture.

The Guardian - UK

The Merry Wives of Windsor review – Shakespeare’s script is the weakest bit of this joyous revel

Falstaff’s corpulent roisterings are energetically played in Sean Holmes’ summery staging but the homely comedy comes laden with innuendo and xenophobia

Evening Standard

The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare’s Globe: rare London revival is a treat

4/5 Led by George Fouracres at Falstaff this is full of zest

The Conversation

Back to Back Theatre tackles an epic Shakespearian conflict – set in a factory, with cardboard props

Back to Back Theatre is one of Australia’s national treasures. Over 30 years this dynamic Geelong-based company – an ensemble of actors who are perceived to have intellectual disabilities – has built a dynamic body of innovative work renowned for its formal experimentation.

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The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare in war: bard’s ‘existential’ theatre takes hold in Ukraine

‘There is a big need for theatre to work with existential problems,’ says translator, as Shakespeare productions boom across Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

The Tempest review – drama in the heavens adds real magic to tumultuous tale

This outdoor offering, part homage and part reimagining of Shakespeare’s text, has visual spectacle, a magnificent score and a cast undeterred by an actual storm

Evening Standard

Pupils at King’s former school perform Shakespeare at home where he stayed

Local people enjoyed free performances of The Tempest.

Inverse

'Final Fantasy Tactics' Creator Asks Whether Those Who Fail Can Become Happy

In an exclusive interview, Inverse talks to Final Fantasy Tactics' creator and the remaster's director about the game's legacy, present, and future.

The Guardian - AU

Inflexible autocrat, unchecked power – Coriolanus is ‘never not timely’. So why is this Shakespeare play so rarely staged?

The bruising exploration of politics, power and civic identity plays out in front of an audience split into two sides for Bell Shakespeare’s take

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh festival 2025: 20 theatre shows to see this summer

Peter Pan has a pop fantasy, Faustus is in Africa, Brian Cox leads a banking satire and Billy Connolly meets the late Alasdair Gray. Elsewhere, the joy of pickling, a landmark jazz album and Elton John’s libel case take centre stage

Evening Standard

Top London private school shakes up English curriculum with drag queen memoir and non-binary writers

Staff at Alleyn’s School in Dulwich say the authors were introduced as part of a ‘genuine diversification’ of the curriculum

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