Robin Belfield

Black British Theatre Awards Reveals 2025 Nominees Shortlist
by Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2025

The shortlist has been announced for the 2025 Black British Theatre Awards. The ceremony will take place next month at London's Piccadilly Theatre. Check out the full list here!

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld August 21, 2025- Darren Criss to Return to MAYBE HAPPY ENDING and More
by - Aug 21, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  August 21, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Shakespeare's Globe
by Clementine Scott - Aug 20, 2025

‘This is Illyria,’ bellows the sea captain conveying the shipwrecked Viola to shore, in what is surely one of Shakespeare’s most straightforward opening lines. In Robin Belfield’s new production, that triumphant declaration serves as an introduction not just to Twelfth Night’s fictional Balkan setting, but also to the rich visual universe Belfield has conjured up onstage.

Entries Open For RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award 2025
by Stephi Wild - Jul 10, 2025

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST) and Mercury Theatre, Colchester have announced that the 2025 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award Scheme is now open for entries.

Company Announced for TWELTH NIGHT at Shakespeare's Globe
by Emmy Rice - Jun 21, 2025

Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of Twelfth Night or What You Will, directed by Robin Belfield (Princess Essex, 2024). Shakespeare’s tragicomedy runs from 8 August – 25 October in the Globe Theatre.

RSC & Unicorn Theatre Will Host New Co-Production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2025

For the first time, the Royal Shakespeare Company is joining forces with the Unicorn Theatre on a new co-production of Shakespeare's riotous tale of mischief, magic and mayhem; A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

THE CRUCIBLE and More Set For Shakespeare's Globe Summer Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its Summer Season, running from April – October 2025.  Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!

Review Roundup: PRINCESS ESSEX at Shakespeare's Globe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2024

See what the critics are saying about Princess Essex, directed by Robin Belfield, written by and starring Anne Odeke at Shakespeare's Globe. Read the reviews and learn more about the production.

Review: PRINCESS ESSEX, Shakespeare's Globe
by Debbie Gilpin - Sep 20, 2024

“Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…” Anne Odeke’s play about the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK is a celebration of a bit of Essex’s history that has previously flown under the radar, as well as an interrogation of the effect of empire and patriarchy on the individual. That may sound heavy, but there is a deftness of touch that ensures the production is entertaining as well as thought-provoking.

Cast Set For PRINCESS ESSEX at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - Aug 6, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Princess Essex, directed by Robin Belfield (Twelfth Night, RSC), written by and starring Anne Odeke (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Globe).

The Unicorn Theatre Reveals Rachel Bagshaw's Plans For Autumn and Beyond
by Stephi Wild - May 28, 2024

Artistic Director Rachel Bagshaw has announced further plans for autumn and beyond at the Unicorn Theatre, the UK's leading theatre for young audiences. 

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, RSC First Encounters, Sydenham Primary School
by Gary Naylor - Feb 6, 2024

Arts funding has never been more threatened at a time when it's never been more needed

RICHARD III, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, and More Set For Shakespeare's Globe Summer 2024 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jan 23, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its Summer Season, running from April – October 2024. Learn more about the full season here!

RSC Announces National Tour of ROMEO AND JULIET
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 8, 2024

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will perform an adrenaline-charged, 90-minute adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in school halls and theatres around the country this year. The 12-week tour across the English regions will perform in more areas this year thanks to a touring grant from Arts Council England.*

Simon Russell Beale to Appear at Shakespeare's Globe's MOVING STORIES, in Support of the UN Refugee Agency
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 25, 2023

On Sunday 25 June, Shakespeare’s Globe will host ‘Moving Stories’ in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The event will include sketches, short plays and songs examining the experiences of refugees, and responses to the crisis.

RSC Announces Updates to 2022 Season, Including Disabled Actor Arthur Hughes as Richard III
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2022

In the week that the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new season opens in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Company today released further details of its 2022 activity including three new Shakespeare productions that speak directly to our world today, the launch of TikTok Tickets, plus details of how people can participate in 37 Plays: a nationwide search to write the stories of today co-created in partnership with the RSC’s network of 12 regional theatre partners, over 200 Associate Schools and freelance artists who together form the Royal Shakespeare Community.

Royal Shakespeare Company Confirms Rescheduled Programme For Winter 2021
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2020

The Royal Shakespeare company has today confirmed full performance dates for its previously scheduled productions of The Magician's Elephant and The Wars of The Roses Part 1 and 2 which will now take place in Winter 2021.

Royal Shakespeare Company Announces 2020 Winter Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2020

On announcing the RSC's Winter 2020 season Gregory Doran, RSC Artistic Director, said: a?oeWhen I became Artistic Director, I wanted to stage every Shakespeare play in the canon once. We are more than two thirds of the way through that journey, which will conclude at the end of 2021.

The Children's Theatre Partnership Announces Support Of Arts Council England
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2019

The Children's Theatre Partnership (CTP) has announced the support of Arts Council England (ACE) over a three-year period from 2020 to 2022 to continue producing exciting new productions especially created for young and diverse audiences throughout the UK.

RSC Announces 2019 Winter Season, Including THE BOY IN THE DRESS Musical!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2019

Artistic Director, Gregory Doran, today announced the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) Winter 2019 season which includes the world stage premiere of a new musical adaptation of The Boy in the Dress, based on the best-selling novel by David Walliams with songs by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers. The new musical, directed by Gregory Doran, plays for eighteen weeks in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from November 2019 to March 2020.