Royal Shakespeare Company News

Helen Mirren has revealed that she does not believe Shakespeare should be taught in schools.

The Crown has held as one of Netflix's top series since the release of Season 4 on November 15 perhaps partly due to the stellar performances from its cast. Did you know that many of the company members have extensive background onstage in London and around the world.

There have been many theatre productions made available during the pandemic lockdown in the UK, while stages have been quiet and venues closed. We take a look at some of the highlights you may have missed online over the past few months.

Whose Shakespeare? will be presented via Zoom and Facebook Live Friday December 4 at 7pm as the fourth event of Elm Shakespeare Company’s free, online series, Building a Brave New Theater: Exploring Shakespeare & Race in 2020.

Like no other actor's memoir you've ever read before, this is the hilarious, behind-the-scenes, no- holds-barred account of Millson's first decade in the second oldest profession. Work is about the shit that sticks to the walls of a career. Honest, poignant, truthful and spellbinding.

Broadway Records announced today the release of MATILDA THE MUSICAL as a double record set printed on blue vinyl. It will be available exclusively on BroadwayRecords.com on December 4th, 2020. Preorders are available now for this double vinyl set of the Grammy nominated original Broadway cast recording.

Two-time OnComm award-winning, The Show Must Go Online, the global digital theatre movement producing live performances of the chronology of Shakespeare's plays weekly, today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Broadway Training Center of Westchester (BTC), one of the region's premier performing arts schools, is creating theater and a sense of community during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Casting has been announced for Stay Awake, Jake by Tim ­­­Gilvin, directed by Grace Taylor streaming on 18 and 19 December 2020 at Southwark Playhouse.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has today announced details of its Winter 2020 programme which includes a newly commissioned series of Tales for Winter running from Saturday 5 December 2020 to Saturday 23 January 2021.

To immerse yourself in the Christmas spirit, Chiswick Playhouse is pleased to present a series of Christmas concerts featuring stars of the West End.

As part of the online 2020 Fall Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host 'Things That Act Shakespeare' with Dr. Jungmin Song on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. ET.

2020 has proven to be an exceptional year for the Tony Awards and the nominees in the category of Best Original Score are equally exceptional. In a category usually dominated by musical scores, all five nominees in the category come from plays.

Two-time OnComm award-winning, The Show Must Go Online, the global digital theatre movement producing live performances of the chronology of Shakespeare's plays weekly, today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.

On Sunday, November 8, three very special new friends of Los Altos Stage Company will present a very special performance as a fundraising event for the Company.

Two-time OnComm award-winning, The Show Must Go Online, the global digital theatre movement producing live performances of the chronology of Shakespeare's plays weekly, today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of William Shakespeare's Coriolanus. The streaming will be live on Wednesday 21 October, 7pm BST here.

One of Yorkshire's best loved actors Barrie Rutter OBE is set to make a welcome return to the stage for the first time since being successfully treated for throat cancer.

Today's top stories: original Hamilton cast members reunite for Joe Biden, behind the scenes of One Royal Holiday with Aaron Tveit and Laura Osnes, and more!

TheatreSquared has been awarded the prestigious 2020 American Architecture Award, honoring the best new buildings designed and constructed by American architects in the U.S. and abroad. The recognition is among the nation's highest public awards for new American architecture. 

Musical Theatre powerhouse Heath Saunders will appear alongside veterans of Shakespeare's Globe, The Royal Shakespeare Company, and Shakespeare in the Park, in Food of Love's new interactive twist on The Bard.