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Prolific and compelling character actor known for his roles in films such as Blood Simple and Blade Runner, and dozens of TV series

The Guardian - UK

Romeo and Juliet review – a fiery-footed, stunt-riding thriller

Freestyling cyclists serve around the cast in Lucy Cuthbertson’s shrewd production aimed at younger audiences

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a beehive’: Tero Saarinen’s mighty Macbeth puts Helsinki’s first dance house on the map

As he stages Shakespeare’s bracing tragedy with a cast who share the main role, the choreographer and his company’s managing director Iiris Autio discuss the upswing in Finnish dance

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The hottest London theatre tickets to book right now from Slave Play to Opening Night

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Evening Standard

Macbeth (An Undoing) at the Rose Theatre review: the sound and fury drowns out its flashes of inspiration

Something meandering this way comes

Evening Standard

5 best movies like 'Anyone But You' to watch right now

More movies like the surprise smash hit romantic comedy to watch, including "The Proposal" and "Much Ado About Nothing"

Tom’s Guide

Romeo and Juliet review – beatboxing lovers in full flow

A hip-hop take on the tragedy finds the feud blowing up on social media and the balcony scene remixed for FaceTime but it lacks pathos

The Guardian - UK

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Laverne Cox commits blunder on Oscars red carpet as she hands microphone to deaf actress Marlee Matlin

Cox was hosting E!’s red carpet coverage

Evening Standard

Oscars 2024: Al Pacino makes huge blunder while announcing best picture winner

Social media users could not get their heads around the gaffe, saying it ‘couldn’t have been more chaotic or confusing’

Evening Standard

Ralph Heimans on painting the Queen, Kevin Rudd, Judi Dench and more

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The Canberra Times

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to lead Othello on Broadway

Stage and screen actors will take on the roles of Othello and Iago in Shakespeare’s tragedy, first Broadway staging since 1982

The Guardian - US

Edward Bond obituary

One of the most important British dramatists of the 20th century who was unafraid of taking on the establishment over censorship

The Guardian - UK

Edward Bond: a phenomenal talent who upturned theatre with his explosive plays

One of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century, Bond – who has died aged 89 – confronted audiences with ‘the crisis in the human species’

The Guardian - UK

Murderer, manipulator… or not that bad at all? The reframing of Richard III

Five hundred years after his death, the monarch most reviled by Shakespeare is still courting controversy. A new play and documentary aim to change how he is seen

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‘Without craft, an actor is a liability’: how row over teaching standards is causing a rift in UK theatre industry

Royal Shakespeare Company steps into dispute at Guildhall drama school after senior teacher quits in protest over methods

Reason

Netflix Wins Lawsuit Over 13 Reasons Why, on Statute of Limitations Grounds

The plaintiffs claimed that 15-year-old Bella Herndon committed suicide because of the film.

Total Film

Netflix’s Avatar cast explain why their live-action characters are so much more than a "carbon copy" of the Nickelodeon series

"It’s kind of the same reason why people do Shakespeare over and over again, you know?"

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Royal Family Hosts Shakespeare Celebration With Star-Studded Performances

The Royal Family's celebration of Shakespeare with the Queen and esteemed personalities highlighted the enduring influence of the Bard's works on contempor...

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Jenny Baynes obituary

Other lives: English teacher who encouraged disaffected teenagers to engage with Shakespeare, poetry and drama

The Guardian - UK

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – characters mash, worlds invert and flames burst from fingers

Eleanor Rhode’s ravishing fusion of flamboyancy, surrealism and raucous fun rouses audiences in a youthful, energetic riot

The Guardian - UK

The film’s the thing: Ian McKellen’s new Hamlet shows the screen can outdo the stage

Sean Mathias has reimagined his 2021 production of Shakespeare’s tragedy as a movie, inventively using Windsor’s Theatre Royal and capturing McKellen’s subtle performance

The Guardian - UK

Scrap trigger warnings for theatre audiences, says Ralph Fiennes

Audiences should be ‘shocked and disturbed’ by the impact of theatre, says Schindler’s List and Harry Potter actor

The Guardian - UK

Tom Holland leaps from Spider-Man to Shakespeare’s Romeo in West End

Jamie Lloyd will direct the star in ‘a pulsating new vision of the immortal tale of wordsmiths, rhymers, lovers and fighters’

Salon

Trump betrays the Ukrainians again

Republicans could have ended their Trump problem when he misused his office to support Putin the first time

The Times of India

Elon Musk meets his match in Shakespeare-quoting Delaware Judge

When Elon Musk tried to back out of buying Twitter Inc in 2022, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen St Jude McCormick reined him in, with one ruling after another, until he finally relented and closed the $44 billion deal.

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