Sunday, August 10, 2025

Annie x Macbeth: Comedy vs Tragedy | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

A rollercoaster of emotion! A great joy of repertory theatre can be found in the reverberations amongst the shows. As the New York Times reflected: "After you see two or three [productions …

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:03PM
Thursday, July 31, 2025

On Canada’s Top Stage, Macbeth and Annie Are Talking to Americans by Jesse Green

At this year’s Stratford Festival, kings, orphans and even a coffee shop have a message for their neighbors to the south.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AM
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Out, damned shot! Macbeth becomes a cutthroat netball musical at Edinburgh fringe by Arifa Akbar

Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score A spate of Macbeths will hit the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Monday, July 21, 2025

Re-imagining Shakespeare with Stephen Marche | Everyday Forum Podcast by Stratford Festival

E21: We kick off the 2025 season of the Everyday Forum Podcast with a lively chat with cultural commentator Stephen Marche. He talks with the Festival's Artistic Director, Antoni Cimolino, a…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:18PM
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Riders to the Sea / Macbeth review – intense double bill linked by elemental forces of nature by Helen Meany

Mick Lally theatre, GalwayTo mark their 50th anniversary, Druid Theatre Company pair Shakespeare with JM Synge’s stark one-act tragedy Marking 50 years of exceptional theatre-making, Druid…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Re-imagining Shakespeare: As You Like It | Everyday Forum Podcast by Stratford Festival

Why see As You Like It now? 🎧 Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, in a newly released podcast, tells us how this play will give us the hope we are looking for. The plotline of As You Like …

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:42PM
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

25-26 Macbeth

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Martin MAC Viper XIP Reinvents Outdoor Theatre in Singapore’s Macbeth by Pr Agency

Martin Professional’s MAC Viper XIP lighting fixtures made their debut theatrical performance at this year’s Shakespeare in the Park Singapore, bringing a bold and atmospheric visual dim…

SOURCE: PLSN at 10:17AM
Friday, July 11, 2025

“Leaping Lizards!” Stratford Festival Extends Four Fantastic and Celebrated Productions by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Stratford Festival Extends Annie, Macbeth, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Anne of Green Gables July 2025… The Stratford Festival announces the extension of its …

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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Macbeth — Extended to November 22 | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

"Cinematic, inventive, and captivating from start to finish" (BroadwayWorld), Robert Lepage's Macbeth is "a towering achievement" (Postmedia) and now extended by three weeks, until November …

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24PM

29th International Shakespeare Festival runs in n Gdańsk (Poland) from 25 July to 3 August by Kasia Lech

Seventeen productions, including nine premieres, from Japan, Ukraine, the UK, Spain, and Poland, will be showcased as part of the 29th International Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk, running …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:47PM
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Stratford Festival offers theatrical roller coaster by Alan Smason

By LOU HARRY You don’t need to go to an amusement park to have the feeling of riding a roller coaster. In Stratford, Ontario, you can acquire something akin to whiplash at a festival where…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 06:34PM

2025 Season Extended | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

📢 BIG NEWS: our 2025 season is extended! 🎉 The Globe and Mail were "gobsmacked by the strength of this year’s opening week", and with overwhelming audience demand, we're thrilled to …

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:02PM

Shakespeare Festival in Ukraine Goes On Despite War

According to reporting by The Guardian, a Shakespeare festival in the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk opened with a demonstration, not a play. Hundreds gathered on the theater steps to dem…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Courtney McManus on Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence at Assembly George Square by Greg Stewart

Courtney McManus brings Shakespeare to the sports court in Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence, a bold and hilarious reimagining of the classic tragedy set in the high-stakes world of school n…

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 03:39PM
Monday, June 23, 2025

People You Should Know . . . Pamela L. Paek by Zack Calhoon

  Pamela L Paek (Playwright and Performer) relishes self-expression and creativity in as many forms as she can juggle, including solo shows, stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, physical co…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:54PM
Friday, June 20, 2025

Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar: All's Well That Ends Well by The Old Globe

Director Peter Francis James joins The Old Globe's Kim Heil to discuss Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportu…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:40AM

Experience the magic of Shakespeare at The Old Globe with All's Well That Ends Well by The Old Globe

Shakespeare's witty comedy opens the 2025 Shakespeare Festival, directed by Peter Francis James, and running June 8 through July 6, 2025. Find tickets at https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:31AM
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

LIGHTS OUT is Unforgettable! by New York Theatre Workshop

EXTENDED RUN through JUNE 29 only! Tickets and more at https://www.nytw.org/show/lights-out-nat-king-cole/ *** *** *** On December 17th, 1957, it was LIGHTS OUT on "The Nat ‘King’ Cole…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:57PM
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

AMAZING! Tenor Discovers “Macbeth” Isn’t the Only Word You Can Get in Trouble for Saying by Broadway Beat

by Phin Samdperil. TOLEDO, OH — Braden Slater, a high school junior at the Toledo School For the Arts, has earned a one-week suspension...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00AM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Motorcycles, Mayhem, and Macbeth Rides Strong, Reving its Engines on the Dark Streets of Stratford by Ross

Three moonlit bodies motor out in an unexpected vehicle for a watery drop, hooded in wordless violence that sets the cinematic scene with a vengeance. It’s not the beginning that was expec…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:00AM
Thursday, June 5, 2025

Macbeth, Alice in Wonderland and The Dream Fairies Come to Kew Gardens This Summer by Staff Writer

The Australian Shakespeare Company is set to return to the stunning grounds of Kew Gardens this summer with a trio of magical productions

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:25AM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Henry V, Cyrano de Bergerac, Macbeth and More Announced in RSC’s Ambitious 2025/26 Season by Staff Writer

The Royal Shakespeare Company has unveiled its 2025/26 season, promising a bold and globally inspired programme of productions in Stratford-upon-Avon and beyond

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 08:53AM

Edinburgh Fringe Preview: Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence at Assembly George Square (Studio One) by Staff Writer

Fresh from their award-winning run at the Adelaide Fringe, Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence is powering onto the courts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:51AM
Friday, May 30, 2025

Motorcycles, Mayhem, and Macbeth Rides Strong, Reving its Engines on the Dark Streets of Stratford by Ross

The Stratford Festival Theatre Review: Shakespeare’s Macbeth By Ross Three moonlit bodies motor out in an unexpected vehicle for a watery drop, hooded in wordless violence that sets the ci…

SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 07:00AM
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Macbeth (Official Trailer) | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

Rev your engines for Macbeth! Here's a first look at Shakespeare's tragedy told through the lens of a motorcycle gang in Robert Lepage's bold retelling. You don't want to miss this, get y…

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:02PM
Friday, May 23, 2025

Scarlett Strallen Steps in to the Cast of STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS

Two-time Olivier Award nominee Scarlett Strallen will temporarily replace Kate Jennings Grant in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. Grant will be stepping away from the production for approxi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM
Thursday, May 22, 2025

‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth by Lewis Packwood

Translocating the Scottish play to Iran with help from the RSC, iNK Stories’ version focuses on a Lady Macbeth contending with an oppressive surveillance state The Cannes film festival is…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Eldritch’s “Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot” Magically Tricks Us Fiendishly and Freshly by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot By Ross The haze floats up, slyly, behind a demented looking Tiki Bar set-up, perfect for supernatural potions served forth by th…

SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 07:17AM
Friday, May 9, 2025

Sierra Boggess and More to Lead Taylor Mac's PROSPEROUS FOOLS at TFANA

Theatre for a New Audience will present Taylor Mac’s Prosperous Fools (June 1–29), directed by Darko Tresnjak. Prosperous Fools, very loosely inspired by Moliere’s 17TH Century classic…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PM
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Rialto Chatter: Could Saoirse Ronan and Andrew Scott Be Next for the Abbey Theatre Stage?

With Paul Mescal officially set to star in a 2027 production of A Whistle in the Dark,a co-production between London’s National Theatre and Dublin’s Abbey Theatre,industry chatter sugges…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PM