Articles relating to: Shakespeare
Theatre Review: Queen Margaret, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Typical. You wait ages for a Shakespeare mash-up on one of Manchester’s main stages then two come along at once.
Read the full story..“I’m trying hard to be more open and break some of the stigma.” Playwright Laura Crow talks about OCD
Writing is a fantastic form of therapy.
Read the full story..“You grow up surrounded by people who look and think and speak in two languages.” Author Preti Taneja talks to Northern Soul
King Lear strikes fear into the heart of me.
Read the full story..Review: Twelfth Night, Royal Exchange, Manchester
As someone from Stratford-upon-Avon, I’m no stranger to Shakespeare. Walking through the quaint town centre, you can’t shake a feathered quill without bumping into a street performer bellowing lines from King Lear.
Read the full story..Subverting Shakespeare: Northern Soul chats to Kate O’Donnell about making Feste a feisty female
I’ve never been behind the scenes at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, and so it feels peculiar to be heading for the stage door.
Read the full story..Review: Sonnets in the City, BBC Radio 3, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The phrase ‘Shakespeare’s Birthday’ is enough to strike fear into the heart of anyone from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Read the full story..Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten at RNCM
It was a wet and windy afternoon as I ventured forth to see the Royal Northern College of Music’s production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Read the full story..RSC Artistic Director Greg Doran talks to Northern Soul
Gregory Doran is passionate about Shakespeare. From his schoolteacher’s enthusiasm for the subject to becoming artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Doran is the boy most likely to succeed when it comes to putting on a good show.
Read the full story..All The Lawns a stage…in Manchester’s Spinningfields
Spinningfields was the setting for the GB Theatre Company’s double bill of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors and Macbeth offering al fresco entertainment on The Lawns in Manchester.
Read the full story..Investigating the Bard at Bolton Octagon
In the Octagon, Bolton has a successful theatre generating its own productions and receiving touring shows. Sounds like any other theatre, right?
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