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Black actor who faced abuse over role in Romeo & Juliet calls for industry-wide action

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who played Juliet alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo, says racist abuse went on for months

The Guardian - UK

‘We needed this’: UK audiences thirsty for black British love stories, says playwright

As Benedict Lombe’s play Shifters transfers to West End, she is only third black British woman to have play staged there

The Guardian - UK

Racism ‘baked in’ to theatre world as white workers paid 20% more, damning report finds

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Tara Theatre study looks at challenges facing producers from the global majority

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The week in theatre: Romeo & Juliet; Richard III; Passing Strange review – no fault in these stars

Jamie Lloyd’s youthfully intense staging gives us a Juliet for the ages; Michelle Terry’s king rises above the disability row; and the European premiere of a Broadway musical rocks but doesn’t soar

The Guardian - UK

Romeo & Juliet review roundup: What critics are saying about Tom Holland’s Shakespeare starring role

‘It is all very clever, but to what end?’ one writer asked

The Independent UK

Romeo & Juliet at Duke of York’s Theatre review: Tom Holland is amazing in this buzzy Shakespeare reinvention

Holland and Francesca Amewuda-Rivers make the most spellbinding star-crossed lovers in years

Evening Standard

Romeo & Juliet review: Tom Holland’s star-cross’d sad boy lover falls flat

Hot on the heels of his triumphant ‘Sunset Boulevard’ revival, Jamie Lloyd has recruited one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood to take on Shakespeare – but this stripped back production needs more passion and energy to make it stand out

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Romeo & Juliet review – Tom Holland enters to whoops as Francesca Amewudah-Rivers shows a steely cool

The Spider-Man star and his spikily charismatic Juliet, giving a heroic performance after all the abuse she faced, are perfectly cast in Jamie Lloyd’s turbo-stylised production

The Guardian - UK

Why everyone is talking about Tom Holland in Romeo and Juliet

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Marie Claire

Tom Holland shows off new look in Romeo And Juliet as fans greet star's West End return

British actor Tom Holland has styled a shorter haircut as first-look pictures show his return to the West End for a production of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tom Holland's silence over the racist abuse of his co-star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is a very bad look

Rarely is there a silver lining when it comes to racism. This is true in the case of the despicable barrage of abuse against actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, cast as Juliet alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo in an upcoming West End production of Shakespeare’s most famous play. But if there is one…

Evening Standard

Fans Outraged At Tom Holland Not Speaking Out Against Racist Treatment Of Romeo And Juliet Co-Star

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers became the target of racial abuse after being cast as Juliet Capulet. The post Fans Outraged At Tom Holland Not Speaking Out Against Racist Treatment Of Romeo And Juliet Co-Star first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Too much to bear’: Black actors condemn racial abuse of Romeo & Juliet star

More than 800 performers signed a letter after Francesca Amewudah-Rivers was targeted with online abuse

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OPINION - The racist hounding of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for her Romeo & Juliet role is painfully stupid

The best revenge is success. So news that Jamie Lloyd’s staging of Romeo & Juliet with Tom Holland has apparently secured a Broadway transfer before it’s even opened in London feels like a victory. Last week the show’s producers were compelled to issue a statement deploring the “barrage of deplorable…

The Guardian - UK

Romeo & Juliet theatre star suffers ‘barrage’ of online racial abuse

Jamie Lloyd Company says abuse came after cast list made public for show with Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

Evening Standard

Romeo and Juliet West End production slam online racial abuse aimed at actress

‘We insist that our artists are free to create work without facing online harassment,’ the Jamie Lloyd Company said

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