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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

The Guardian - UK

Why I live in Shepherd's Bush: artist Henry Hudson on warming to his west London 'marriage of convenience'

Artist Henry Hudson swapped east for west last year. Here are his Shepherd’s Bush hits, from that dystopian roundabout to ‘middle-aged’ Shakespeare in the park

Evening Standard

21 of the best poetry books of all time

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‘Don’t come if you are worried’: former RSC boss says he hates trigger warnings for plays

Gregory Doran asks how content warnings could be issued for Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus

The Guardian - UK

Practice by Rosalind Brown review – tea, yoga and sonnets

The minutiae of a day in the life of a mostly happy student are brilliantly conveyed in this wryly comic debut

The Guardian - UK

Theatre for kids: the best shows to see this Easter from Paddington in Concert to The Everywhere Bear

Looking for some exciting ways to fill the bank holiday? From musical adaptations of best-selling children’s books, to thoughtful takes on Shakespeare, London is packed with children’s shows

Evening Standard

M Emmet Walsh obituary

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Want to know the shows creating the most buzz in the capital? Read on...

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

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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

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

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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’

The Canberra Times

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

See the exhibition at Canberra's National Portrait Gallery.

The Guardian - US

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 - UK

Edward Bond obituary

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

‘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...

The Guardian - UK

Jenny Baynes obituary

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

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