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Acting, disability and the problem with ‘lived experience’

Letters: Guardian readers respond to the row about a non-disabled actor playing Richard III at Shakespeare’s Globe

The Guardian - UK

Gregory Doran to finally direct 36th play from Shakespeare’s First Folio – for student production

The former RSC director, now visiting professor of contemporary theatre at Oxford University, will stage The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m done with pretenders’: disabled actors on reclaiming Richard III

As the Globe faces accusations of ‘cripping up’ with a new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, disabled theatre-makers explain why the role should not be open to all

The Guardian - UK

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Going going gone! From Frozen to Backstairs Billy, the shows now closing in the West End

Frozen shocked theatreland this month by announcing its September 2024 closure. These are the other shows not to miss before it's too late

Evening Standard

Music and interview with Hadestown's Anaïs Mitchell... The Standard Theatre Podcast

Plus, our reviews of Cowbois and The Good John Proctor

Evening Standard

The week in theatre: Kim’s Convenience; Kin – review

Ins Choi’s disarming Korean corner store comedy makes a timely return to the stage; a show of migrant stories feels more like ritual than chronicle; and a new era dawns at the RSC

The Guardian - UK

A Shakespeare play slashed to 80 minutes? Bring it on – theatre can be far too stressful

The play’s the thing. But what’s so wrong with the RSC’s plan to also let people have dinner, or catch the last train home? asks Arifa Akbar

The Guardian - UK

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The many faces of Falstaff: Shakespeare’s tragicomic knight is as complex as Hamlet

Ian McKellen follows in the footsteps of David Warner and Antony Sher as he takes on a character who has been played as wittily jovial and cruelly cunning

The Guardian - UK

RSC offers 25,000 tickets at £25 to ‘throw open doors’ to diverse crowds

Royal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience

The Guardian - UK

Theatre: Susannah Clapp’s 10 best shows of 2023

In a thin year for musicals and political drama, an 11th hour Blanche DuBois, a flurry of young actors, two James Graham plays and a pair of Macbeths were among the standouts

The Guardian - UK

Michael Blakemore obituary

Acclaimed theatre director admired for his productions of Kiss Me Kate and Copenhagen

The Guardian - UK

Mumbai professor bags Royal Society of Chemistry’s Nyholm prize

Prof. Ladage of Mumbai's Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, won the Royal Society of Chemistry's Nyholm Prize for Education for her advocacy of chemical education.

The Hindu

The Fair Maid of the West review – songs, silliness and a musical ham

Isobel McArthur gives a giddy fresh spin to Thomas Heywood’s 16th-century romp which sends a Cornish landlady, in her repurposed bar, to sea

The Guardian - UK

‘Forever chemicals’ found in drinking water sources across England

Exclusive: Experts ‘alarmed’ after potentially toxic chemicals detected in sources at 17 of England’s 18 water firms

The Guardian - UK

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Autumn statement: voters in Shakespeare’s birthplace count cost of Tory theatre

Usually boosted by tourist spending, Stratford-upon-Avon’s residents and businesses lament cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Joss Ackland obituary

Veteran British actor known for his many and varied film, TV and stage roles in a career that spanned more than 70 years

The Guardian - UK

Joss Ackland: a beacon of power on British stage and screen

From a sportive Falstaff for the RSC to a powerful Juan Perón in Evita, Ackland – who has died aged 95 – rarely had the star role but was a reassuring presence

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s got to be evocative’ … why has a famous Glasgow bar been built at the RSC?

She cast an armchair as Mr Bennet in a Pride and Prejudice reboot. Now Isobel McArthur’s been let loose on lusty romp The Fair Maid of the West. So is she worried about outraging mothbally academics?

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The week in theatre: Backstairs Billy; The Box of Delights; Brenda’s Got a Baby – review

The puns ricochet between Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans in a frisky royal tale of mistress and servant; merriment dispels mystery at the RSC; and a pregnancy drama that delivers in parts

The Guardian - UK

The Box of Delights review – the RSC makes merry with Masefield’s fantasy

This is a well-crafted, brilliantly acted version of John Masefield’s classic novel about an orphan who travels through time

The Guardian - UK

‘You could beat someone to death with that!’ Great theatre wigs – and their miraculous creators

Few things in theatre are more transformative than a wig. But who makes them? Can they really be worth thousands? And what looks best on a beheaded tyrant? We meet the hairpiece heroes and their yeti-like creations

The Guardian - UK

Rupert Rhymes obituary

One of the leading postwar theatre managers and administrators who started out as a box-office clerk at the RSC

The Guardian - UK

It’s ahead of you! 25 festive UK shows to book for Christmas

An AI Pinocchio, Scrooge on the Cornish coast and a scouse Dick Whittington are just some of the season’s theatrical treats

The Guardian - UK

What an ass! Ghosts star takes on classic Shakespeare character

The latest production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream features Mathew Baynton in what the actor calls ‘an absolute treat of a role’

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