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Shakespeare's Globe

January 2024

  • Michelle Terry as Hotspur in Henry IV Part I at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in 2019.

    Shakespeare’s Globe criticised for casting non-disabled actor as Richard III

    Disabled actors respond to the announcement that Michelle Terry, the Globe’s artistic director, will be taking up the role

December 2023

  • David Tennant in Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

    Sound and fury, signifying something: what made Macbeth so popular in 2023?

    Ralph Fiennes and David Tennant are among the stars playing Shakespeare’s Thane this year. Might the tragedy’s current popularity have something to do with the Tory government?

November 2023

  • Dive straight in … Mike Birbiglia in The Old Man and the Pool

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: The Old Man and the Pool, Bedbound and more

  • Cian Eagle-Service as Bruno, with Bertie Caplan (Luke) far left, and company in The Witches.

    The week in theatre: The Witches; Ghosts; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – review

  • Magnificent in her maternal desperation … Hattie Morahan in Ghosts at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London.

    Ghosts review – Ibsen’s intense tragedy by candlelight

  • Lesley Manville (Helene Alving) and Jack Lowden (Oswald Alving) in Ghosts at Almeida Theatre in 2013.

    Ibsen’s Ghosts: a resounding flop that still returns to haunt us

October 2023

  • Ian McKellen and Roger Allam

    ‘It’s ludicrous’: Ian McKellen sparks debate over trigger warnings in theatre

    While many criticise content guidance in art and literature, others argue they help people make informed choices

August 2023

  • Something of an afterthought … Isabel Adomakoh Young as Orlando and Nina Bowers as Rosalind in As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe.

    As You Like It review – gender-fluid version plays too freely with the text

  • Alex Austin as Jaques waiting for his cue to go on stage

    Shakespeare’s Globe’s LGBTQ production of As You Like It – in pictures

  • Summer madness … Max Bennett and the male witches in Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe.

    Macbeth review – Max Bennett’s jokey king is clearly unfit to govern

  • Enchanting … Zubin Varla (left) and Meow Meow (centre) in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe in 2016.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Doctor Who does Shakespeare, and a visit to the nit nurse

July 2023

  • Ncuti Gatwa as Polydorous in Hecuba at Dundee Rep in 2013.

    Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa on stage: the Time Lord treads the boards – in pictures

    Before his high-profile roles in Sex Education, Barbie and Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa spent years on stage. Here are some of his roles

June 2023

  • Marianne Oldham (Titania) and Mariah Gale (Bottom) in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, May 2023

    Notes and queries
    Readers reply: if Shakespeare wrote for the masses, why is his work now an intellectual preserve?

    The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

May 2023

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe, London, May 2023.

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – giddy shenanigans with a brilliantly chaotic Puck

  • A great line in comic yelps … Michael Elcock and Phoebe Naughton in The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare's Globe

    The Comedy of Errors review – full of wit and pizazz

March 2023

  • Kishore Walker and Shane Convery in The Boys Are Kissing at Theatre503.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: The Boys Are Kissing, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends and more

    Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Hans Christian Andersen on skates, a verbatim play five years in the making and poems from Ukraine

February 2023

  • There’s hardly time to care … Jacoba Williams, left, (Perdita), Colm Gormley, centre (Old Shepherd), and Sarah Slimani , right (Florizel), in The Winter's Tale.

    The Winter’s Tale review – the Globe’s two-venue telling loses its way

  • ‘Torture porn, but more artistic’ … Katy Stephens as Titus and Kibong Tanji as Aaron in Titus Andronicus.

    Titus Andronicus review – a patriarchy hellbent on self-destruction

January 2023

  • Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show Rehearsal Photos , taken on the 16th December 2022 in London

    The week in theatre: One Woman Show; Hakawatis; Bugsy Malone

  • Ayesha Dharker, Adjoa Andoh and Leila Farzad in Richard II at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2019.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Richard II, All of Us and more

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