IF YOU think that Shakespeare is all ruffs, corsets and capes, then Rotherham Rep’s latest production will make you think again.

Yet this is not the most pressing problem with contemporary Shakespeare staging. The biggest problem facing contemporary Shakespeare is the indifference to the playwright’s original language and ...

Few plays in the English language - let alone the Shakespeare canon - must be staged as frequently as Macbeth so the challenge for any creative team taking on the Scottish Play is to find a way to ...

PlayMakers Repertory Company brought Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” to Chapel Hill on March 4, delivering a cathartic and gripping production of the classic tragedy. The professional theatre company's ...

Jane Lapotaire, the actress, who has died aged 81, rose to fame in the late 1970s; her large, dark eyes, strong features and husky voice made her the ideal choice for a succession of passionate, ...

Will Kempe’s Players is a Shakespeare collective based in Troy with a rich history of summer outdoor performances throughout ...

Mars Harmon, Asst. Photo EditorAfter the success of Molière’s classic play “Tartuffe” last spring, assistant director of ...

This year’s Humanities EXPLORE Program fellows are adventurous and ambitious, transcribing 300-year–old texts, helping to revitalize forgotten languages, exploring archives, and learning from faculty ...

In Spring 2026, Red Bull Theater will be offering their second annual in-school touring production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, in a partnership with Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) presents its Short Shakespeare productions of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and ...

Nora El-Samahy has been acting since the ’90s. Yet she remains a student in many ways. “You are always learning,” she notes, from fellow actors, collaborators and the plays themselves.

EXCLUSIVE: Sovereign Film Distribution has secured UK and Irish distribution rights to Acting, the latest documentary from Sophie Fiennes. The deal was closed during the recent European Film Market.