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William Shakespeare's plays are central to the past, present and future of British theatre. Find news, reviews and analysis about Shakespeare here, including coverage of Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe and other Shakespeare productions from across the UK.

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Love’s Labour’s Lost/Much Ado About Nothing review
“Smart double bill of Shakespeare comedies”

Love’s Labour’s Lost/Much Ado About Nothing review

Braboeuf Manor, Guildford
Tom Littler makes a persuasive case for the Shakespeare comedies being natural bedfellows – and his dual stagings are a clever delight
“Warm and airy as a summer breeze”

Much Ado About Nothing review

Shakespeare’s Globe, London
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Resources

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Opinion

Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Theatre’s greatest strength is that we must experience it together

One of theatre’s supreme attributes is that it provides a collective experience, suggests Lyn Gardner – the opportunity to feel something together
Amanda Parker
by Amanda Parker

Would it be a crime to kill a sacred cow to free up a West End theatre?

The Mousetrap has been a guaranteed seat-filler for nearly 75 years, but is it time to reassess its right to a prime theatre spot in perpetuity? asks Amanda Parker

Editor's View

Andrew Lloyd Webber is right about Broadway – but the West End could be next

Andrew Lloyd Webber is right to worry that Broadway is now financially unviable for producers, says The Stage editor Matthew Hemley, but this has implications for UK producers too

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The Stage Interview

The Stage talks in depth to movers and shakers from across the industry

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Sutton Foster

Performer

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Lynette Linton

Director and writer

Michael Sheen

Actor and artistic director

Annilese Miskimmon

Artistic director

Michael Sheen

Actor and artistic director

Annilese Miskimmon

Artistic director

Lynette Linton

Director and writer

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Sutton Foster

Performer

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Jane Asher

Actor

Nancy Carroll

Actor
Clare Perkins
“There was a time when you hit 40 and all you were offered was ‘mum’”

Clare Perkins

Actor
Clare Perkins is front and centre of Bacchae, Indhu Rubasingham’s first show for the NT. She talks to Tim Bano about training as a young mum and taking risks
Edward Snape and Marilyn Eardley
“London theatre has never been so good”

Edward Snape and Marilyn Eardley

Producers
Luke Thallon
“If I get this wrong, there’s no hiding from it”

Luke Thallon

Actor
Jacqui O’Hanlon
“Children’s imaginations are fired by Shakespeare”

Jacqui O’Hanlon

RSC director of creative learning
Robert Icke
“You have to earn an audience’s attention”

Robert Icke

Director

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Sutton Foster

Performer

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Lynette Linton

Director and writer

Michael Sheen

Actor and artistic director

Annilese Miskimmon

Artistic director

Michael Sheen

Actor and artistic director

Annilese Miskimmon

Artistic director

Lynette Linton

Director and writer

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Sutton Foster

Performer

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Jane Asher

Actor

Nancy Carroll

Actor
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Long Reads

How a theatre project in women's prisons shook up Shakespeare and transformed lives

How a theatre project in women's prisons shook up Shakespeare and transformed lives

by Kate Wyver
From 2012 to 2017, the Donmar Warehouse staged a trilogy of all-female Shakespeare productions, set in women’s prisons and created in collaboration with inmates. The key players tell The Stage about the impact the project has had both on the art and the women they worked with
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Features

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Mason Alexander Park: ‘Oh, Mary! redefined what I thought was possible in the commercial market’

Mason Alexander Park: ‘Oh, Mary! redefined what I thought was possible in the commercial market’

by Fergus Morgan
As Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! makes its West End transfer, its star, Mason Alexander Park, tells Fergus Morgan about moving to London and working with Jamie Lloyd
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Q&A

Interviews with established and emerging theatremakers working on stage and behind the scenes in UK theatre and beyond.
EM Williams

EM Williams

Performer and movement director
Emily Carding

Emily Carding

Actor and writer
Andrew French

Andrew French

Actor
Charlotte Melén

Charlotte Melén

Almost Tangible
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