Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareWhat is Macbeth doing in Rumble in the Jungle: Rematch?Benjamin Broadribb explores the unexpected presence of Shakespeare in a production that recreates a moment of sporting and cultural…Dec 5, 2023Dec 5, 2023
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareReview: Richard II (directed by Annie McKenzie for Quandary Collective)Ben Broadribb reviews Quandary Collective’s brutal Richard II, set in a post-apocalyptic Britain dominated by violent masculinity.May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘I made my family disappear’: Echoes and inversions of King Lear in Home AloneBen Broadribb explores the Shakespearean echoes to be found in a cinematic Christmas favourite, Chris Columbus’s 1990 film Home Alone.Dec 14, 2021Dec 14, 2021
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘Tut, I have lost myself. I am not here.’: Rethinking Romeo in Ola Ince’s Romeo & JulietBen Broadribb considers how Ola Ince’s 2021 Romeo & Juliet for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre pushes against Romeo’s pop culture afterlives.Sep 2, 2021Sep 2, 2021
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareReview: Rock Bottom (directed by Charlie Day for Fresh Life Theatre)Ben Broadribb reviews Charlie Day’s one-person show, featuring a twenty-first-century adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Nick…Jul 8, 2021Jul 8, 2021
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareSpeaking with others’ tongues: Creation Theatre’s The Duchess of MalfiBen Broadribb explores the many twentieth century cultural influences on Creation Theatre’s The Duchess of Malfi, from Warhol to Tarantino.Mar 30, 2021Mar 30, 2021
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘Capital crimes, chew’d, swallow’d and digested’: ITALive’s Kings of WarBen Broadribb considers the resonance of ITALive’s stream of Ivo van Hove’s epic adaptation in the wake of the storming of the US Capitol.Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘Peace! the charm’s wound up’: Subverting virtual theatre in Big Telly’s Macbeth and Hijinx…Ben Broadribb explores how Zoë Seaton’s Macbeth and Ben Pettitt-Wade’s Metamorphosis each turned Zoom theatre conventions on their head.Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareHenry V Take 2: Cross-Stitch Theatre’s parodic, poignant love letter to Lockdown ShakespeareBen Broadribb explores Cross-Stitch Theatre’s parody of Henry V, considering how it fits with lockdown Shakespeare’s metamodern…Nov 22, 2020Nov 22, 2020
Benjamin Broadribbin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘If there is one, I shall make two in the company’: Creation Theatre’s The Merry Wives of WhatsApp…Ben Broadribb explores Creation Theatre’s two lockdown two-handers from September 2020, considering how far lockdown Shakespeare has come.Sep 28, 2020Sep 28, 2020