Gregory Doran, artistic director of The Royal Shakespeare Company, today announced the launch of RSC Next Generation, a new initiative aimed at fostering future talent in young people
David Troughton returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to take the lead in Titus Andronicus as part of its Rome season which begins in March. Casting for Julius
“You fucking twat!” Possibly the most radical opening line that I’ve ever heard in the normally conservative Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre. Provocative playwright Anders Lustgarten has ventured
Most playwrights, like actors, would hope to end their careers on a high but for those, whose time here is cut unexpectedly short, there often isn’t the chance
Fierce African drumming, graveside calypso and a stick-fighting showdown by two bare-chested warriors. Simon Godwin’s thrilling RSC production of Hamlet is a visceral feast of sounds and physicality
I can quite understand the reluctance of Elizabethan audiences to feel comfortable sitting in a theatre while the star of the show conjures up the Devil. In a
Fiona Button and Charlotte Mills return to the Royal Shakespeare Company this Christmas for a revival of its 2013 Yule success Wendy & Peter Pan. Ella Hickson’s magical
Former Lady Macbeth, Derbhle Crotty, returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to take the lead in Marina Carr’s new version of Euripides’ Greek tragedy, Hecuba, in the Swan
The Royal Shakespeare Company has made history by casting its first black actor to play Iago in Othello and, after seeing Lucian Msamati’s performance, one has to ask
The austere set gleamed brightly, burnished to reflect the light, and on stage, as last night’s audience arrived, stood a man close to tears. As it got closer
Trevor Nunn returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to direct Henry Goodman in Ben Johnson’s great satirical comedy Volpone. Volpone is a very rich man. But he worships
