On this holiday edition, the London theatre bloggers discuss the musical wonder.land, the Jamie Lloyd company's revival of Pinter's The Homecoming and two Shakespeares: As You Like It at the…
Also on tap, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' revival roars into San Francisco.
Young Vic, LondonShakespeare's most exciting play is hampered by too much visual distractionIn the last three years the Young Vic has become a dramatic nut-cracker. It has continually prised…
Actors Fassbender, Cotillard give intense performances in Shakespeare's bloody tale of war
Red is the color of passion, energy, and action. Macbeth is fueled by these same psychological elements on his prophetic and treacherous path to the throne of Scotland. The Pittsburgh Classi…
Reviews digest of openings in London, Leicester and Leeds from national critics for new productions of Linda, Funny Girl, The Girls, Oliver!, Barbarians and Macbeth.
It’s probably not too bold to say that Shakespeare has been done every way possible by now. After all, he’s had a few years to run on, he’s out of copyright so you can chop…
“I was very nervous,” admits Marion Cotillard when asked during our recent interview (watch below) about taking on the role of Lady Macbeth in the latest screen adaptation of Sha…
'Macbeth' is one of Shakespeare's dullest and shortest history plays.
From the Academy Awardwinning producers of The King's Speech and acclaimed director Justin Kurzel, comes a visceral and visually breath-taking retelling of the classic tale about an ambitiou…
Young Vic, LondonAnna Maxwell Martin is a cool Lady Macbeth to John Heffernan's neurotic hero, but the relentless physical movement overshadows the text's potencyIf directing Shakespeare is …
John Heffernan and Anna Maxwell Martin star in Carrie Cracknell's take on the Scottish play
Events have overtaken this Macbeth, dramatically heightening its queasy topicality. Not just brutal beheadings and torture, but the cost and collateral damage of conflict without end, and th…
Justin Kurzel's film suggests that there is a timeless quality to slaughter, raising questions about Macbeth's guilt and freedom of will.
The latest movie version of Macbeth, starring Michael Fassbender in the title role, opens in selected U.S. cinemas Dec. 4.
Director Carrie Cracknell and choreographer Lucy Guerin have teamed up for a new version of Macbeth at the Young Vic starring John Heffernan and Anna Maxwell Martin. It's murder on the dance…
Thespians, a superstitious lot, insist that "Macbeth" should never be directly referred to inside a theater. If an actor accidentally forgets to call Shakespeare's malevolent masterpiece "th…
Iain Canning won an Oscar for producing the 2010 Best Picture champ "The King's Speech," which chronicled a trying time in the life of King George VI in the early days of World War II. His n…
"A third production with Phyllida Lloyd is planned, and although the play has not yet been determined, there is one tragic hero Walter would relish taking on. 'Having played Lady Macbeth'"op…
The U.K.'s answer to the Film Independent Spirit Awards " lived up to their outsider roots with this morning's nominations announcement.
Actor reportedly struck by Kenneth Branagh's sword at St Peter's Church, Manchester is treated by paramedicsMacbeth's reputation as a cursed play was bolstered last week when one of Kennet…
Conleth Hill, aka Varys, will star opposite Frances McDormand in the Berkeley Rep production.
Tony winner Frances McDormand will star as Lady Macbeth.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced that Olivier Award-winning actor Conleth Hill, accomplished on both stage and screen, will play the title role opposite Frances McDormand in a new …