Stewart Lee rewrites Macbeth – with some questionable modern ideas
The comedian’s new ‘Porter scene’ is a mess, but this RSC production is saved by its dark atmosphere and Valene Kane’s turn as Lady Macbeth
The comedian’s new ‘Porter scene’ is a mess, but this RSC production is saved by its dark atmosphere and Valene Kane’s turn as Lady Macbeth
The RSC’s conceit takes time to beguile, but fresh humour and poignancy emerge in this commendable take on Shakespeare’s comedy
Artistic director urges the search for his successor – or successors – to be 'broad and inclusive'
She rose to prominence with the Royal Shakespeare Company and her ‘rich, mighty contralto’ was ‘one of the great voices of the theatre’
The Globe has added to earlier warning of ‘violence, sexual references, misogyny and racism’ after casting role of Hermia
Often cast as authority figures or villains, he played a good German in Secret Army and had a gift for comedy
For his 50th and final production at the RSC, the departing artistic director bows out with one of the Bard’s trickiest fables
From Hamlet to Twelfth Night, is it a coincidence the Bard's works teem with potential references to his life? The RSC’s Hamnet suggests not
Puzzling staging and unnecessary melodrama obscures the chemistry and clarity of the acting in Atri Banerjee’s wobbly new production
Geraldine James, 72, will play the heroine of Shakespeare’s comedy which is usually presented as a tale of young love
The former Doctor Who star serves up a fascinatingly maternal and down-to-earth Prospero in an often spellbindingly beautiful production
As the First Folio of his plays turns 400, might now be the perfect time for directors to get back to basics?
Thalissa Teixeira will be the first female Brutus ever cast by the theatre company in an upcoming gender-swapping production
He may no longer be a Young One, but the former Vyvyan's energy levels haven't dipped one bit – and the show is superb
The Vigil star on his ground-breaking debut novel – a love letter to the first black man to vote in England
Aged 24, warner was called 'Christ-like' by critics. But the savage Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment brought out the devil in him
Much Ado about Nothing’s Benedick and Beatrice find a somehow delightful chemistry in conflict
Could the acclaimed director be the successor to Gregory Doran at Stratford?
The great director, who has died at 97, sent shock waves through the establishment, says our chief theatre critic
The company's successor to Gregory Doran has a tough job – to save Shakespeare from identity politics and fads
As she takes on King Lear at the Globe, the brilliant actress and director is, at 65, finally getting the recognition she deserves
The actress is back on stage in a play about a monstrous marriage. Her co-star? Her real husband
In modern theatre, it seems no dramatic instruction can be taken too literally