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★★★★☆: Robert Menzies is “absolutely arresting” as King Lear in Bell Shakespeare's latest
Time Out· 6 days agoKing Lear is an odd one in the Bard’s canon. Drawing on the royal figure found in murky depths of British legend, the play straddles the line between Shakespeare ...
‘The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 6 hours agoIn the ugly spectacle of American politics, it’s hard to keep humanity in sight. But literature,...
Sing Sing review – powerful, deeply felt drama takes theatre behind bars
The Guardian· 11 hours agoWhen a siren erupts in Sing Sing – a penitentiary, as depicted in the film of the same name – Colman Domingo’s John “Divine G” Whitfield is among the men in its yard who immediately drop down ...
Opinion | Joe Biden’s Blind Spot
New York Times· 3 days agoThe president just doesn’t see that it’s time to take the win.
Actor Ian McKellen, 85, will not return to role after stage fall
NY Post· 7 days ago©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Co David Semark, McKellen’s understudy who completed the run in...
The arts could be the big losers of Labour’s attack on non-doms
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoThe UK is the world’s third largest market for art. This state of affairs, as Anne McElvoy noted...
Opinion: Lego was my son's world. It took me decades to see why — and to join him there
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBy the time he was in high school, he had discovered the 'adult fans of Lego' community, and that was it: He'd found his people. But why did this childhood fascination last for him?
Paying tribute to the stars we've lost in 2024 – in memoriam
Digital Spy via Yahoo News UK· 3 days agoHe spoke with so much pride and joy about his son, Alfred Enoch, who I'd seen in King Lear at the...
Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science fiction novel Rosewater
New Scientist· 4 days agoIn this tantalising extract from Tade Thompson’s debut Rosewater, we meet Kaaro and learn about the...