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Often referred to as the most important book in English literature, Shakespeares First Folio is an extraordinary piece of history dating back to 1623

A ten-foot golden phallus is launched from the musicians’ gallery - review by Rachel Halliburton

On March 11th 2020 Mint Theater Company completed casting for their next production, the long delayed American premiere of Chains by Elizabeth Baker, scheduled to open that May.  

I think there are always those things in Shakespeare that immediately appeal to children. And children are serious little philosophers who relentlessly broach the most profound and fundamental questions about anything and everything around them. The question was already raised by some: Did Shakespeare write mainly for children? So-called "pop" Shakespeare criticism answered

As part of a nine-month national tour, Blackeyed Theatre brings The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to Greenwich Theatre for its only London dates, from Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 April. Originally due to open in September 2020, Nick Lane's thrilling adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy was instead filmed and enjoyed by online audiences across the world. 

Here's a video essay that offers a brief history of queer cinema in Hong Kong, and how actor Leslie Cheung's career impacted its development.

XA drama which ensued on Sunday, August 27, 2017 is about to end March 11, 2022. The much fabled unique republican, cosmopolitan and egalitarian

The end of a dynasty.

The American Shakespeare Center in Staunton kept going through more than a year of pandemic, but now the curtain has come down – the theater canceling its fall season to restructure and retrain a dwindling cast and crew.

An outdoors production of Shakespeare’s comedy All’s Well that Ends Well will be staged this weekend, starring a Hampstead resident.