A surreal staging at Shakespeare’s Globe in London leans hard into the drama’s comedy — and its cruelty
New London staging finds revealing truths amid fizzing comedy
Having stirred things up at Shakespeare’s Globe, she is now bringing a spicy adaptation of ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’ to the RSC
Also on open-air stages in London: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Globe, ‘Once On This Island’ in Regent’s Park
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
Her new play at Shakespeare’s Globe revisits the story of Scheherazade and the One Thousand and One Nights
Plus: Chasing Hares at the Young Vic; Sister Act at the Eventim Apollo
Also opening on the London stage: Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe
Blanche McIntyre’s take on the Ben Jonson comedy wraps the audience in the action
The departure of the theatre director Emma Rice reveals a deeper rift
Emma Rice’s use of modern sound and lighting methods was controversial
Dominic Dromgoole on imagination, poetry and place
Once more unto the breeches, dear friends. Sarah Hemming is in the stalls
A scaled-down, Cantonese version of the Scottish play loses political context but makes a lasting impression
A brisk, absorbing production of Shakespeare’s rarely performed history play
In denying Shylock’s moral ambivalence, this production ceases to be the play that Shakespeare wrote
This entertaining new play recalls the struggle for female equality at a Cambridge college
This sunny ‘Tempest’ teases every comic moment out of Shakespeare’s text
There is simply nothing like the sense of extended family that most actors and theatres thrive on
The director of MM Ispahani supports an eye hospital and says restoring the sight of a child is hugely meaningful
A perfectly preserved timber frame Tudor house in Stratford-upon-Avon offers proof that Shakespeare is not the only famous name with roots in the town
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