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We can only admire the way that Shakespeare brushes off pandemic shutdowns like crumbs from his doublet. First, a couple of bubonic plagues; then, a round of Covid.

One “play” uses only voice-overs. Another features a main actor only on video. And under Covid rules, an 11-person Shakespeare cast counts as an army.

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Onstage. A Nightmare Off It. Shakespeare’s Globe survived Elizabethan plagues. Today’s version got through the coronavirus pandemic, but tough times lie ahead. Instead of audience members standing and watching as “groundlings,” Shakespeare’s Globe has installed portable seats in the pit.Credit...Adama Jalloh for The New York Times May 27, 2021, 9:40 a.m. ET LONDON — At the Globe theater in London one recent Thursday was a ...

Thu 27 May 2021 18.15 EDT A donkey-shaped piñata dangles above the stage. It’s a decent metaphor for this play’s colourful, sweet-centred festivities amid destruction. A Midsummer Night’s Dream chimes with lockdown nightmares of confinement and separated lovers, the discombobulation of a world turned upside down and climate chaos. But the Globe throws a party instead, reviving Sean Holmes’s ebullient 2019 Dream, vibrantly designed by Jean Chan, as the venue reopens for th...

Homeowners locked in disputes with neighbours over misplaced fences are being offered a new solution which could save them hundreds of thousands of pounds in costly court battles, This is Money can reveal. Property lawyers told of cases where neighbours had spent more than a quarter of a million pounds trying to address boundary issues, as legal fees piled up following months or even years going through the courts. And they said that this had got worse during lockdown, as people have been confi...

Posted: April 20, 2021 New funding allocation for the Columbia Valley and surrounding areas to fund recovery advisor positions Communities and businesses throughout British Columbia’s southern interior are receiving new support for much-needed economic recovery. The Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) announced the successful funding recipients of the Rural Business and Community Recovery (RBCR) Program and the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce received funding to lead a grou...

Paul Bullivant, owner of Glow Worm Electric Bikes in Marrickville in Sydney, is convinced the market still has room to grow – so much so that he’s opening a new branch in Melbourne’s Collingwood. He says families in particular are turning to electrics. “Cargo bikes, for example, are perfect for transporting kids to school or daycare, commuting to work, going shopping or for leisure riding on weekends,” he says. Advertisement Big international brands also see the potential. Brompton �...