Mary Stuart flips a coin at the Almeida, Gemma Arterton becomes Saint Joan, Jack and the Beanstalk gets a Bollywood twist, and the festive spirit touches everyone from Robin Hood to Hansel and GretelRuth Wilson is Hedda Gabler in Patrick Marber's new version for the National Theatre. Simon Russell Beale is a terrific Prospero in the hi-tech Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Alan Saunder…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AM on December 5, 2016