‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms by Sally Weale Education Correspondent

Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard Act 1. Scene 1. A classroom in a secondary school in Peterborough. It is a d…

MACBETH (Lantern): Dancing, singing… and murder by Kathryn Osenlund

In opening scenes three Weird Sisters, witches, brew evil in a pot using scarce ingredients like eye of newt. They cherry pick the future for Macbeth with oracular accuracy, giving over the…

Die Off at the Astoria New Play Festival

The Yellow Wallpaper by Lydia Rose

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is an enthralling new stage adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1892 short story of the same name. Gilman’s original narrative is written as a series of diary…

“The Far Side of the Moon” Fails to Orbit My Imaginative Soul at Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: The Far Side of the Moon at Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto By Ross Robert Lepage, who masterfully brought motorcycles and mayhem to his Stratford Festival productio…

Lantern Theater Company presents Shakespeare’s Macbeth by Cameron Kelsall

As the company enters its fourth decade, the Lantern Theater’s Macbeth lacks ideas and excitement. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Feeling Lucky: Michael Patrick Thornton on Acting of All Sorts in Waiting for Godot by Alexandra Pierson

Broadway veteran Michael Patrick Thornton won’t keep you waiting. Waiting for Godot's Lucky spoke to Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek about the new production directed by Jamie…

Macbeth, RSC, Stratford review - Glaswegian gangs and ghoulies prove gripping by Gary Naylor

★★★★ MACBETH, RSC STRATFORD Feuding Thanes rut, with echoes of Glasgow and Belfast  Sam Heughan's Macbeth cannot quite find a home in a mobster pub It’s hard to pinpoint exactly …

Theater Review: Manual Cinema’s “The 4th Witch” — A Hallucinatory Vision of War and Witchcraft by Robert Israel

Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" serves as a springboard for a memorable new vision by these inventive, multimedia theater artists.

Macbeth: "Banquo's Ghost" (Excerpt) | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

"Quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee!" The chilling moment when Macbeth is haunted by Banquo's ghost. Shakespeare's tragedy is the perfect play for spooky season, and “Robert Lepage’s…

'To Kill A Mockingbird' UK and Ireland Tour Trailer by BroadwayWorld

A brand-new trailer has been released for the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the seminal American novel …

Macbeth: "Aftermath" (Excerpt) | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

After killing Duncan, Macbeth is afraid to think what he's done and Lady Macbeth must take matters into her own hands to cover their tracks. There's just 13 performances left of Macbeth! Ge…

***** MACBETH REVIEW – A TERRIFYING LOCK-IN WITH BLOODIED, BOOZED-UP GANGSTERS by Robert Shuman

  (Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the Guardian 10/22/25; Photo: Sinister sisters … Irene Macdougall, Eilidh Fisher and Alison Peebles. Photograph: Helen Murra) The Other Place, Strat…

Macbeth review – a terrifying lock-in with bloodied, boozed-up gangsters by Mark Lawson

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonDaniel Raggett’s audacious RSC production sets the play in a Glaswegian pub full of thugs and has a Landlady Macbeth running the show Audiences arriving…

Spontaneous Theatre’s “Goblin:Oedipus” at the Stratford Festival: Tricksters, Truths, and the Theatre of Chaos by Ross

The Stratford Theatre Review: Spontaneous Theatre’s Goblin:Oedipus By Ross It was exactly as expected, the night I arrived at Stratford Festival’s Studio Theatre for the opening night of…

The Other Americans by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Comedian and actor John Leguizamo’s "The Other Americans," his first full-length and full-cast play, aside from his satiric one-person shows, is making its Off Broadway debut and proves to…

Macbeth: Macbeth's Motel (Excerpt) | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

Robert Lepage's Macbeth is "a towering achievement" with "one of the most impressive sets to ever dominate a Stratford Festival stage" (Postmedia). Watch as Macbeth's motel comes together be…

Happenstance Theater presents “Dreadful Episodes”- A Peculiar Delight by Alix Cohen

By Alix Cohen Inspired by the illustrations of Edward Gorey, Victorian reverie, ill-fated romance, calamitous croquet, and the dangers of windy cliffs. “The world is full of people who are…

Stage and Screen Veteran John Woodvine Passes Away at 96

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that John Woodvine, a longtime star of the stage and screen, has passed away at the age of 96. In a career that spanned six decades, the performer appeare…

Masquerade review – Phantom of the Opera is back with a new gimmick by Jesse Hassenger

218 West 57th Street, New York An immersive, experiential reworking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-running musical turns it into something resembling a mostly fun theme park ride Anyone put…

Macbeth: Meeting with Banquo (Excerpt) | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

After hearing the prophecy of the weird witches, Macbeth and Banquo agree to discuss what it all means at a later time. Reimagined during the Quebec biker wars of the 1990s, Robert Lepage's…

Macbeth: Quick Change with Graham Abbey | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

A ghostly transformation. 👻 See how Graham Abbey quick changes in Macbeth. Playing the role of Banquo, he rushes off-stage after his character's gruesome death to become a ghost, with a n…

Full Casting Announced for RSC’s Macbeth Starring Sam Heughan and Lia Williams by Staff Writer

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced full casting for Daniel Raggett’s sell-out production of Macbeth, which runs at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon The post Full Casting Anno…

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence at Assembly George Square (Studio One) by James Hattan

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence at Assembly George Square "dazzles visually but struggles to marry Shakespeare with schoolyard drama” The post Edinburgh Fringe Re…

Vivien Lyra Blair Joins Cast of Shakespeare-Inspired MATTBETH Feature

Vivien Lyra Blair, known for her role as Princess Leia in Disney’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series, has joined the cast of MattBeth, a new reimagining of William Shakespeare's Macbeth from directors…

Our Fascination with the Morally Corrupt (The Chicago Tribune at Stratford) | Everyday Forum Podcast by Stratford Festival

E22: Why are audiences so captivated by characters who blur (or outright cross) the moral line? In this episode, theatre critic Chris Jones is joined by veteran Festival actors Tom McCamus a…

Cast Set For New Musical CEILIDH Directed By OH, MARY!'s Sam Pinkleton

Producers Grove Entertainment (Beth Williams, Mindy Rich), Barbara Whitman and Alan Cumming are thrilled to announce full casting for the new musical Ceilidh [KAY-lee], based on one of Scotl…

Annie x Macbeth: Comedy vs Tragedy | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

A rollercoaster of emotion! A great joy of repertory theatre can be found in the reverberations amongst the shows. As the New York Times reflected: "After you see two or three [productions …

On Canada’s Top Stage, Macbeth and Annie Are Talking to Americans by Jesse Green

At this year’s Stratford Festival, kings, orphans and even a coffee shop have a message for their neighbors to the south.

Out, damned shot! Macbeth becomes a cutthroat netball musical at Edinburgh fringe by Arifa Akbar

Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score A spate of Macbeths will hit the…

Re-imagining Shakespeare with Stephen Marche | Everyday Forum Podcast by Stratford Festival

E21: We kick off the 2025 season of the Everyday Forum Podcast with a lively chat with cultural commentator Stephen Marche. He talks with the Festival's Artistic Director, Antoni Cimolino, a…