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Heads Up: Shakespeare's History Plays
Sunday 27 May 2012
Once more unto the Beeb ... the Bard's back on the box
New-look Leicester Square reopens
Wednesday 23 May 2012
After months of disruption, the capital's Leicester Square is being reopened tomorrow to show off its £15.3 million makeover.
Looking for a select gathering? Just Google it
Tuesday 22 May 2012
New-media gurus, political pointy-heads, start-up whizz-kids and rock stars mingled at this year's Zeitgeist conference. Adam Sherwin reports
The great Google gathering
Tuesday 22 May 2012
The search engine is taking its quest for knowledge offline at a secluded British hotel
Royal Shakespeare Company: Julius Caesar
Monday 21 May 2012
Enjoy a three-course meal in the RSC’s Rooftop Restaurant and Bar, followed by a performance in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for just £40 per person
Thorpeness: The Suffolk holiday village that sailed to success
Sunday 20 May 2012
With a boating lake at its heart, it is a century-old Utopian escape, says Kate Simon
Between the Covers: 13/05/2012
Sunday 13 May 2012
Your weekly guide to what's really going on inside the world of books
Observations One To Watch: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Actress, 23
Saturday 12 May 2012
"It wasn't until after I did The Lion King that I decided maybe straight acting could be fun". Happily for the theatre, Bennett-Warner was just 11 at the time.
RSC to produce 'Winter’s Tale' for toddlers
Friday 11 May 2012
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is trying to do what Shakespeare himself would have done for “young babes” – “do it with gentle means and easy tasks”.
The rest is silence, Brighton Festival
Monday 07 May 2012
Who knows what goes on behind closed doors? But for a rain-battered Brighton Festival banner on the gate you'd never guess that the nondescript lock-up on a industrial estate in Shoreham-by-Sea was playing host to one of the most eagerly anticipated theatre events of the year.
Enquirer, The Hub at Pacific Quay, Glasgow
Richard III, Shakespeare's Globe, London
Making Noises Quietly, Donmar, London
Sunday 06 May 2012
With the newspaper industry in crisis, it's a shame journalists can't make a decent drama out of it
Observations: Shakespeare shake-up in Shoreham-by-Sea
Saturday 05 May 2012
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Or at least in the rubbish tip of Shoreham-by-Sea, which forms the malodorous backdrop for an ambitious new take on Hamlet, opening this weekend.
Brighton dives into the wilder side of culture
Monday 30 April 2012
With Bond-themed swimmers and tea with terrorists, this year's Fringe festival is crazier than ever, says Fiona Sturges
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