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…7 min read·Dec 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.5 min read·May 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.8 min read·Dec 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.9 min read·Sep 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…5 min read·Jul 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.7 min read·Mar 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.6 min read·Feb 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.10 min read·Jan 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…8 min read·Nov 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.7 min read·Sep 28, 2020----