Novelist George RR Martin says RSC is ‘obvious choice’ to put on new play The Mad King, which will open after spring
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Placebo make theatre debut with score for Brecht production by Royal Shakespeare Company ⊖
Alt-rockers will score Hitler allegory The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, with Mark Gatiss in the title role
Alt-rockers Placebo are set to collaborate with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) by scori…
37 days ago
A new Henry V is a barometer of our times – what can Shakespeare’s war play tell us amid global chaos? | Michael Billington ⊖⊖
Revivals of this history play usually reflect the politics of the moment. Now a fresh RSC retelling arrives in a world of instability and fractured alliances
I have long argued that Shakespeare’s hist…
75 days ago
The puppets are great - but this BFG is not as whizzpopping as I'd hoped, says theatre critic Patrick Marmion ⊕
What's really needed are some of the songs - and some of the swagger - of the RSC's big Dahl money spinner, Matilda.
4 months ago
David Ajala: ‘Ageing doesn’t scare me. It’s a gift’ ⊖⊖
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The actor on an elevator encounter with Helen Mirren, an apology to a teacher and the lie he told to see Arsenal
Born in London, David Ajala, 39, trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School. He joined th…
5 months ago
Post your questions for Fiona Shaw ○
Four decades of roles on stage and screen range from Petunia Dursley in Harry Potter to Richard II, via My Left Foot, Fleabag and Super Mario Bros. Now she’s ready to discuss her career with you
You m…
7 months ago
Ciarán Hinds: ‘Who is my celebrity crush? Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem’ ○
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The actor on a weird encounter with a New York cop, a cruel comment from an audience member, and his perfect pint
Born in Belfast, Ciarán Hinds, 72, studied at Rada. In 1987, he joined Peter Brook’s c…
Noughts & Crosses review – Malorie Blackman’s thought experiment confronts the audience anew ○
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, London
Callum and Sephy are a modern Romeo and Juliet, forced to grow up fast as they wade through the crushing racial and class structures that pin them in their oppos…
8 months ago
Stephanie Beacham: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? Loved you in Dallas’ ○
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The actor on the terror of working in Boots aged 15, her Liam Neeson obsession and Zooming in her knickers
Born in London, Stephanie Beacham, 78, studied mime in Paris and went to Rada. In 1971, she a…
9 months ago
‘A steamy wrestle’: Guardian article inspires play on Shakespeare and Marlowe collaboration ○
Exclusive: Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, coming to West End, imagines rival dramatists working together
A Guardian report on William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe being literary rivals and…