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Arts organisations badly need a model for donors to understand what works in education — we now have one
Emily Burns’s luxury wellness resort setting lends satire and slapstick to a muddled play
Robert Icke’s adaptation of ‘Henry IV’ brings out the subtleties and the violence of Shakespeare’s plays
The director discusses ‘Player Kings’ and doing away with bogus Shakespearean acting
Zinnie Harris’s adaptation at the Rose Theatre in Kingston mixes Shakespeare’s text with colloquial domestic dialogue
Is it ever acceptable to give away the crucial twists in a must-see show?
Yaël Farber’s searing Shakespeare production features a towering performance from Danny Sapani
Clever use of binaural technology brings the horrors of war right to the audience’s ears
Liverpool’s Depot is turned into a theatre of war for a bloody production of Shakespeare’s tragedy
Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Brian Cox are among the illustrious contributors in this three-part series
The likes of Sam Bankman-Fried and Liz Truss crave certainties in the mess of adult life
Lolita Chakrabarti’s rich drama for the RSC comes to London’s Garrick Theatre
Also on open-air stages in London: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Globe, ‘Once On This Island’ in Regent’s Park
$20mn Rothschild collection comes to auction; adviser Lisa Schiff faces lawsuits; rare books bring out the buyers
The relationship and tragic parenthood of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway reaches the stage
Maggie O’Farrell’s retelling of the short life of Hamnet Shakespeare struck a chord when it was published in March 2020 — and now it’s coming to the RSC
Chris Laoutaris’s engaging account of how Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’ was published 400 years ago
Borked Bard? Away, slight man!
Also reviewed: Shakespeare’s bloodbath ‘Titus Andronicus’; the return of ‘2:22 — A Ghost Story’
Also on the London stage: ‘Hakawatis’ at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse spins stories for survival
A top-notch cast excels in a story of romance, politics and death from the ‘Nixon in China’ composer
Plus: Chasing Hares at the Young Vic; Sister Act at the Eventim Apollo
The National Theatre’s new production is the latest to tackle Shakespeare’s sorrow-stained comedy
The RSC leader on staging the play with a disabled actor in the title role, the loss of his husband Antony Sher and stepping down after 10 years
A new theatre opening in July is already attracting businesses to Prescot on Merseyside
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