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Essential
Themes
Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden alternate roles in a gender swapping production of Measure for Measure
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Themes
Me Too era updates, R n B soundtracks or steamy romance: the three Shakespeare shows to see this autumn
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Musicals
Shorn in half, stuffed with poptastic songs, and relocated to a vibey Notting Hill Carnival: Kwame Kwei-Armarh's Twelfth Night is a bombastic take on Shakespeare
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In the Know
Theatre
Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack star in the RSC's production of Macbeth, which transfers to London
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Theatre
If you only see one Shakespeare, make it this: the almighty Ian McKellen plays King Lear in Jonathan Munby's triumphant production
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In the Know
Theatre
Shakespeare's As You Like It brings pastoral comedy and gender-swapping to the Open Air Theatre
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Tried and Tested
Theatre
Michelle Terry shows that Shakespeare can be woke with a gender-blind, race-blind, disability-blind company collaborating on Hamlet and As You Like It
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Theatre
Soak up Shakespearean comedy in the historic surroundings of Westminster Abbey
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In the Know
Theatre
Director Barrie Rutter revives a lesser known Shakespeare play at The Globe Theatre this summer
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In the Know
Theatre
Public Acts invites a huge company of Londoners to join professional actors on stage in a community production of Pericles
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Theatre
Rufus Norris' Macbeth, starring Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff loses the poetry in a hollow, overdone production
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Tried and Tested
Best of
Nicholas Hytner directs an atmospheric promenade production of Julius Caesar at The Bridge
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In the Know
Theatre
The RSC rattle over the Rubicon this winter as Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar comes to the Barbican
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In the Know
Theatre
Shakespeare's most sensual tragedy heats up the Barbican this winter, as the RSC's Antony and Cleopatra heads to London
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In the Know
Theatre
Action is eloquence this November as the RSC’s Coriolanus comes to the Barbican as part of the Rome MMXVII season
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In the Know
Theatre
Blood and revenge are hammering in our heads - the RSC's Titus Andronicus comes to the Barbican
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We love
Theatre
Opera North's sizzling production of Kiss Me Kate comes to the Coliseum for ten nights only
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Tried and Tested
Theatre
Kevin McNally steals the show as the ill-fated King Lear in Nancy Heckler's new production of the Shakespearean tragedy
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Tried and Tested
Theatre
Andrew Scott captivates in Robert Icke's sleek, minimalist Hamlet, transferring to the West End after a sell-out run at the Almeida
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We love
Theatre
You can get tickets to see Tom Hiddleston up close as Prince Hamlet in charity production directed by Kenneth Branagh
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Essential
Theatre
Heading the How To Academy’s line-up for July, Dame Harriet Walter talks Shakespeare with Katherine Rundell
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Essential
Theatre
Technology and magic take over the Barbican stage as the RSC production of The Tempest transfers to London
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Theatre
Romeo and Juliet makes a riot out of star-crossed lovers, an ancient grudge and a double suicide in this in-yer-face edgy production at Shakespeare's Globe
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Tried and Tested
Theatre
Cheek by Jowl's The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare's late 'problem play', is a powerful, fulfilling exploration of jealousy, love and redemption
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Tried and Tested
Theatre
Ivo van Hove's multimedia marathon staging of Shakespeare's Roman plays shows how achingly repetitive political history can be
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Preview
Theatre
Prejudice, distrust and social exclusion: a timely production of Shakespeare's Othello comes to the Globe's Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
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Tried and Tested
Opera
A tyrannical leader who shuns expertise and the newspapers. Shakespeare reads the future, yet again...
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Essential
Theatre
The National Theatre’s Twelfth Night is a topsy-turvy whirligig of foolery and gender-swapping with a shining performance from Tamsin Greig -
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Opera
Far away from the plush velvet and crush bar, opera doesn't get more real than when Pop-Up Opera sets up shop in unexpected places
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In the Know
Theatre
The trilogy that stimulated London's appetite for the visionary work of director Ivo Van Hove returns to the Barbican
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Theatre
Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the Young Vic with a subversive, nightmarish version of A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Interview
A Midsummer Night's Dream gets an update at the Young Vic: actor Jemina Rooper tells us about devising a dark new version at the Young Vic
