As director Scott Graham's reimagined Othello arrives in London, he and Frantic co-founder Steven Hoggett talk about their stage ethos, parting company professionally, and the importance of …
Audiences need to savor the undeniable virtues and achievements of local Shakespearean productions -- even when counter-balanced by well-intentioned even courageous but equally undeniable fl…
Othello is a risky production, entwining classic Shakespearean themes with modern ideas, taking beloved characters in new directions and manoeuvring large, complex, mobile sets. Lucky for th…
Dunstan Playhouse, AdelaideNescha Jelk rips away from the familliar story of racism and jealousy, using Shakespeare's script to explore a masculinity that thrusts violence among men " and ag…
Benjamin Blyth's production of the Shakespearian tragedy opens the two part winter season at the St. Leonard's Church
Back on tour with a new take on the Bard's classic, director Scott Graham speaks to us about Frantic Assembly's award winning Othello.
Hard to tell so far, because no one will go on the record to explain why the production of Othello that was set to open at the Odyssey on October 25th has been shuttered. Which makes sense. …
Frantic Assembly's Othello is superb and unmissable at Plymouth Theatre Royal.
The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth: Small wonder there is a roar of appreciation, as well as rapturous applause, at the curtain call for this piece of dramatic dynamite. Shakespeare's da…
In this new production of Othello, the power shifts to world of football. But does it work?
Lass Productions swap Venice for Venezia FC with their take on the Bard's classic.
Drayton Arms Theatre, London: Transplanting Shakespeare's play from the Venetian republic to the sleazy underworld of "Casino Venice", replete with blackjack tables and singin…
The Royal Shakespeare Company has cast a black actor in the role of notorious villain Iago for the first time.
Game Of Thrones actor Lucian Msamati will play racist character opposite Hugh Quarshie in the title role Continue reading...
The new season also features a return for former artistic director Trevor Nunn, and a tour of A Midsummer Night's Dream to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 2016
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to revive Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at Stratford-upon-Avon, opening the summer 2015 season with a production that will be directed by a…
Fifty years after his titanic performance as Othello, James Earl Jones returns to The Delacorte Theater to perform one of the character's most memorable monologues.
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"Othello" will be the final production of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at a municipal parking lot on the Lower East Side.
A JEWEL OF THEIR SOULS The Gift Theatre's production of Othello " their first Shakespeare, and my first exposure to this company " is a gift indeed. The doubly minimal set, combined with the…
Actor Blair Underwood, in "Othello," recognizes woman in the front row at Old Globe
The Gift ensemble proves yet again that well-crafted theatre does not necessarily need spectacle, gimmicks, or musical numbers in order to captivate a modern audience. This simple staging of…
RECOMMENDED "O these men, these men!" sighs Desdemona (played by Brittany Burch), who is soon to be murdered by her jealous husband, Othello. She is confiding her bafflement to her friend Em…
HEDY WEISS: Director Jonathan Berry has approached the play almost as if he were making an indie film, using tight close-ups on the principal characters against the most minimalist backdrop.
The show opens at the Theatre Royal Plymouth before touring the country