The Latest Breaking News from Shakespeare

EXCLUSIVE: The writer/director speaks to us about queasy pleasure, Gothic horror, and The Cheeky Girls

Player Kings will see parts one and two of Shakespeare's 13th century historical drama compacted into one exhilarating new play

The first 6.3 million digits don't have the winning formula, but there's infinitely more to go

This is the first time a Mongolian play has ever been exported outside of the country

Recent news that restorers had uncovered the image of a Gothic-looking demon in a late work by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) seems fitting for these long, dark evenings. The sinister face hovers above the head of a dying clergyman in The Death of Cardinal Beaufort, painted in 1789.

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 “Macbeth”-inspired immersive theater experience “Sleep No More” that is hosted in three empty, hulking warehouse spaces in downtown New York City will say goodbye early next year on its 5,000 performance

Certain trees, such as oaks, hold onto their leaves through a little-understood quality known as marcescence.

Find from 16th century uncovered in building of £750m complex of 412 apartments now renamed the Stage

The veteran actor’s pragmatism, generosity and wit are to the fore in these reflections on her career – and there’s plenty of room for rude anecdotes

In his ambitious and richly orchestrated 2022 opera, the American composer makes Shakespeare his own, with a star cast to match