The best theatre to stream this month: Dancing at Dusk, Maryland and more
King Lear review – Kathryn Hunter’s frail, fond old ruler almost unbearably affecting
May 2022
Julius Caesar review – the revolution is rerouted in scattered Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Globe, London Less a tense examination of a failing republic, or even of women in power, there is little electricity or danger here
Much Ado About Nothing review – gaiety abounds in the Globe’s great garden party
Lucy Bailey’s ambling production of Shakespeare’s comedy, set in Italy on the eve of Mussolini’s defeat, exudes pastoral elegance and feels like the start of summer
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Red Pitch, Constellations and more
Our roundup of plays to watch at home in May includes The Tempest with Jessie Buckley, Robert Icke’s The Doctor staged in Amsterdam and Amanda Wilkin’s superb solo show Shedding a Skin
March 2022
The Merchant of Venice review – heart-wrenching revenge remix
Abigail Graham trims and reshuffles Shakespeare’s play with glitzy gameshow scenes and a brutal, lonely reckoning
February 2022
Hamlet review – a prince of wheeze
Once more unto the breach! Burton, Branagh and the battling stars of Henry V – in pictures
Skiing, chocolate factories, llama walking… half-term has adventures for all tastes
Hamlet review – an indie prince of infinite jest but little tragedy
January 2022
Hamlet, Henry V and Jerusalem’s Rooster: Mark Rylance’s stage roles – in pictures
As the Oscar-winning actor returns to the UK boards in 2022 – first at Bristol Old Vic in Dr Semmelweis then in Jerusalem at London’s Apollo – we remember some of his theatrical highlights
December 2021
Measure for Measure review – Shakespeare’s problem play gets a 1970s makeover
There are strong performances in this tale of sex, power and morality reimagined by director Blanche McIntyre
September 2021
Live at the Globe with Dara Ó Briain review – a tempest of great gags
‘The laughs hit me in the heart’: a view from the stage at Shakespeare’s Globe
August 2021
Twelfth Night review – impeccable staging of Shakespeare’s merriest romp
Imaginative directorial tweaks and an expert cast bring out the full effects of a text stuffed with double-meanings, gender-swapped disguises and dextrous language
July 2021
Romeo and Juliet review – a bold rewiring with no room for romance
Director Ola Ince’s take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is clever, energetic and doesn’t have a single smooch
May 2021
A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Cruise review – a tale of two audiences
Seated groundlings make history at the Globe’s carnivalesque Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – the Globe’s giddy return
Goody-bag props, party-hatted fairies and a donkey-shaped piñata sweeten the bard’s dark comedy in a revival of Sean Holmes’s vibrant 2019 production
‘There are lots of feelings!’ Michelle Terry on reopening Shakespeare’s Globe
The artistic director looks back at a year of crisis for the arts and ahead to a celebratory, livestreamed summer season
April 2021
The Bard in black and white: Shakespeare by Tristram Kenton – in pictures
To mark the Stratford playwright’s birthday on 23 April, here are 23 shots from his plays, with a starry lineup including Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, David Harewood and Toby Jones
