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I doubt too many people would be surprised to know that A Midsummer Night's Dream ranks as the most frequently-produced play in the Op...

I hope what I've seen so far of the 2026 summer season at Shakespeare's Globe isn't a sign of things to come, as it could spell...

A couple of years ago Holly Race Roughan directed a Henry V in the Swanamaker that impressively reinvented the bombastic history play as a...

It's been a while since I decided I was better off cutting my losses and leaving a show at the interval (in fact this is my first time ...

When a theatre decides when to schedule  A Midsummer Night's Dream they tend to do so with a fairly literal approach to the title; if ...

Previously at Shakespeare's Globe... the theatre was the target of hate, protests and threats when they staged a play about how celebri...

I have fond memories of, and emotional connections to, a lot of venues, but in the last year of theatres facing an existential crisis it wa...

Russell T Davies' TV adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream  first aired in 2016 as part of the BBC's commemoration of the fo...

The third and last of this year's major London Midsummer Night's Dream s comes courtesy of Sean Holmes in his new position as an a...

After a valiant effort by Richard II at the start of the year, A Midsummer Night's Dream has well and truly come along to replace la...

About 25 years ago Adrian Noble’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was one of a string of RSC productions that first inspired my love of theatre...

My first two Shakespeare productions of the year fell on consecutive nights, and while both are comedies they couldn't present more of...

My third Midsummer Night's Dream in less than a month, and there's been at least three other productions or adaptations in London...

I think I've done a good job of keeping an open mind about Emma Rice taking over the Globe; the former Kneehigh boss has been responsi...

This year's official "Shakespeare play I'm going to end up seeing so often I'll be quoting it in my sleep" is clearl...

No, The Dreaming isn't a musical theatre adaptation of The Sandman - I don't even know if you should feel relieved or disappoint...

Deafinitely Theatre first came to Shakespeare's Globe for the original 2012 Globe to Globe season, contributing British Sign Language ...

One of the directors of War Horse , Tom Morris reunites with South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company for the first time since they cr...

One of the big theatrical events of 2013, the Michael Grandage season at the Noël Coward is already nearing its end with the first of the ...

Never let it be said that Dominic Dromgoole doesn't like the jig that ends every performance at Shakespeare's Globe. For his new p...