The Rome Season at The Royal Shakespeare Company climaxes this September with Dido, Queen of Carthage, Marlowe’s dark tale of sacrifice and passion. Directed by Kimberley Sykes this
Owen Horsley has taken the bold step of casting Matthew Tennyson as literature’s epitome of unbridled passion and desire, Salomé, in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 90 minute production
The Royal Shakespeare Company asked award-winning playwright Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) to write them a play, and the Hullensian didn’t have to look far for inspiration.
Felix Hayes and Sophia Nomvete are to star in Phil Porter’s the madcap comedy, Vice Versa (or the Decline and Fall of General Braggadocio at the hands of
Richard Bean’s riotous new comedy, The Hypocrite, a co production between Hull Truck and the Royal Shakespeare Company, plays at both venues this spring, starring Caroline Quentin and
“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
It was all going swimmingly. The opening night audience were laughing, The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist, was proving comedy gold – and then
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
The RSC’s Swan Theatre is staging two premieres this winter which are both thought-provoking and comical. Philip Breen directs Jacobean comedy, The Shoemaker’s Holiday, by Thomas Dekker, which
