The full cast is announced for Arcola's thrilling new production of William Shakespeare's RICHARD III, starring RSC Associate Artist Greg Hicks and directed by Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen…
Mat Fraser will play Richard III in a new production of the play at Hull Truck Theatre. The production is running as
Mat Fraser will lead the cast of Northern Broadsides' production
Kate Mulvany is astonishing in the title role of Bell Shakespeare's latest Richard III, but that doesn't make it politically radicalRichard III, Shakespeare's tragi-history about a tyrant's …
Greg Hicks is to play Richard III in a new production of the play at the Arcola Theatre in London. It forms
London's Arcola Theatre has announced another overtly political programme for its new 2017 spring/summer season, including Neil Bartlett's new adaptation of Camus' The Plague and a new produ…
The venue has also announced new adaptations from Neil Bartlett and Yellow Earth
Barbican, LondonLars Eidinger is a visceral, manipulative monarch in Thomas Ostermeier's explosive German-language productionThomas Ostermeier has been director of Schaubühne Berlin since 1…
Shedding his clothes and seducing the audience, Lars Eidinger's Gloucester is the classic charming narcissist " but why soften the play's political bite at such a crucial time?I have a high …
Thomas Ostermeier's German production of Shakespeare's dark play is an intense rocket ride over two and a half hours
More or less a one-man show, but the denouement justifies everythingHated the Schaubühne Hamlet (same lead actor, same director as this latest Shakespeare auf Deutsch); loved Ivo van Hove's…
'Now is the winter of our discontent.' Boy, did Shakespeare foretell that one! It's a line from “Richard III,” his final play set around the War of the Roses. Chesapeake Shak…
The part of King Richard in Richard III is a plum for any actor lucky enough to be cast in the role. Part stand-up comic, part perennial outsider, and part moustache-twirling villain, Ric…
It's notable that a play based on England's War of the Roses has many parallels to power plays that take place today, both in everyday life and TV and film. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's …
From a full-blooded reimagination of Shakespeare to the best of a celebrated choreographer. Plus: Eurohouse, Joan, BU21 and more1 Richard IIIDavid Hare may be up in arms about the European i…
“I am Determined to prove a villain  And hate the idle pleasures of these days.” Considered by some to be one of the more difficult plays to stage from Shakespeare’s can…
Kevin Spacey's House of Cards character Frank Underwood has clear parallels with Shakespeare's Richard III what with the former's ruthless climb to the US presidency.
This is perhaps the winter of most discontent in many years. In such times, theatre that stimulates and relates to the modern
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by JK Clarke A handful of Shakespeare plays are routinely subjected to radical re-interpretations"Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet"and for a variety of reasons, whether it b…
Shrouded by clear shower curtains, the actors enter the stage and bring out furniture, including a gramophone, and chat with each other. There is newsreel footage proclaiming the end of W.W…
Call Answered: One great thing about theatre is seeing all the ways a show can be mounted. When I heard The Bridge Production Group was presenting a bold & bloody production of Shakespea…
Trendy modern dress, sleek firearms and altogether baffling production decisions do not a successful Shakespeare play make
Win a pair of tickets to see Richard III on October 9, part of Deptford Cinema’s Shakespeare on Film Season Deptford Cinema continues
Lyceum, EdinburghLars Eidinger plays Shakespeare's arch-villain with gleeful, knock-kneed energy in Thomas Ostermeier's productionBernard Shaw famously compared Richard III to a Punch and Ju…