Feature: The Globe’s free giveaway to schools
Image credit: Ellie Kurttz “It’s designed to open up the theatre and Shakespeare to secondary school children.” This is the bold opening declaration fro...
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Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Abbey Theatre
The course of Shakespeare’s comedy at the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre, never did run smooth. “A Midsummer’s Abbey Nightmare” ran the headline of o...
Review: The Woman in the Moon, Rose Playhouse
Formerly standing side by side with The Globe on the banks of the Thames, The Rose Playhouse is now an archaeological site overshadowed by the impressive recons...
Review: Hamlet, New Diorama Theatre
Sitting in the audience with a large school group for a production of Hamlet is always a trying experience. However, artistic pretensions aside, their reactio...
Review: Othello: The Remix
We have all heard of Othello, the classic tragedy by William Shakespeare, with the usual themes of love, jealously and betrayal. However I suspect only few of...
Review: Othello Syndrome
This is not family Shakespeare. Othello is arguably one of Shakespeare’s darkest plays and this adaptation, Othello Syndrome, explores the psychology behind t...