A project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.
A fresh urban take on Shakespeare’s tragedy spun out, smashed up and lyrically rewritten over original beats. The Q Brothers are America’s leading re-interpreters of Shakespeare through hip hop. They return to London following their award-winning international tours of Bombitty of Errors and Funk It Up About Nothin’. The CST is dedicated to creating and Full Article…
Created in 1977, the National Theatre is one of Mexico’s leading cultural institutions. Under Artistic Director Luis de Tavira, the company stages classics, new Mexican plays and contemporary drama from around the world. This new production of Shakespeare’s great dramatisation of madness in the land and mayhem in the pub, is directed by the electrifying Full Article…
Late 14th century in the Valley of Mexico and a small, unknown tribe called the Aztecs propel themselves from nomadic mercenaries to rulers of a great empire. Passion, power and intrigue play out in this epic political thriller which charts the history of an ancient civilisation. Spanning a century and based on true events chronicled Full Article…
Shakespeare’s epic Trojan play about love, war and politics. Mark Ravenhill and Elizabeth LeCompte co-direct an Anglo-American company in a groundbreaking, multi-media collaboration between the RSC and The Wooster Group. New York-based The Wooster Group is well known for its experimental and innovative style. Playing at the RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Malian singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, two women of African and African American origin, come together to create Desdemona, an intimate and profound conversation between Shakespeare’s Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary, from beyond the grave. An intimate performance that allows the audience to connect deeply with the two women who Full Article…