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Only two days separate Anzac Day and Shakespeare’s (presumed) birthday and actual death-day. This proximity is coincidental. But amid a war in Ukraine, being reported in horrifyingly graphic detail from the point of view of the victims, and given Shakespeare is the world’s most-quoted, most-performed and most studied writer, it…

The novelist Nina Stibbe has watched her mum cast off friends at the drop of a hat. Is it time to follow suit?

The actor, who has starred in everything from sitcoms to Shakespeare, talks about his family rows over Brexit, having his phone hacked – and why he did not want to be like Laurence Olivier

Bertie Carvel is brilliant in The 47th, Mike Bartlett’s ingenious play about the former US president, but the real parallel is not with the Bard’s kings but his hollow braggarts

The last 75 years of peace (mostly) in Europe are an illusion: Historically, it's the heartland of global conflict

This heartwarming documentary about local villagers touring rural Turkey is full of transformative encounters and communal enjoyment

Mike Bartlett’s script turns US politics into Shakepearean comedy but falls oddly flat despite magnetising performances

Oscar Isaac might have failed in his faux-Cockney accent on "Moon Knight" but a few Americans have met success

Sophia Gardens last held the long-established Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival in 2019