Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareDear Shakespeare, Could You Write A Happy Ending Please?: (de/re)stabilising the canon Tik by TokIn a reflective article, Gemma Allred explores how TikTok creators have engaged with Shakespeare through the #ModernShakespeare hashtag.Mar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareRethinking Performance: A Year of Lockdown TheatreIn the first of our ‘Rethinking Performance’ series, Gemma Allred explores the highlights of non-Shakespearean lockdown theatre from 2020.Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘He has no children’: The centring of grief in The Show Must Go Online’s MacbethGemma Allred considers the exciting things that happen in Macbeth when you free Lady Macbeth from the ‘evil woman’ trope .Nov 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareTaking Promenade Theatre Online: Shakespeare Ensemble’s What You WillGemma Allred considers feelings of isolation and loss as Shakespeare Ensemble’s What You Will takes promenade theatre online.Aug 12, 2020Aug 12, 2020
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘They think me Macbeth, ambition is my folly’: Considering fatal flaws in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s…Gemma Allred explores the parallels between Miranda’s Alexander Hamilton and Macbeth, and Hamilton’s status as a product of Obama’s…Jul 17, 20201Jul 17, 20201
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareAll That Glisters: Guildford Shakespeare Company take Murder Mystery to the 1980sGuildford Shakespeare Company return with a second installment of their intertextual online murder mysteries.Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘Some Shakespeare’ — if in doubt throw in a bit of Pericles: The Northern Comedy Theatre’s Doing…Gemma Allred considers the metatheatricality and meta-Shakespeareanism at play in David Spicer’s written-for-lockdown comedy.Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare‘Graves, all gaping wide’ — Reimagining Dream as a Nightmare in Hermia: Heaven Unto HellGemma Allred explores the second part of Fresh Life Theatre’s lockdown horror reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.Jun 7, 2020Jun 7, 2020
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareLockdown Togetherness: Bard College and Theatre for a New Audience’s Mad ForestGemma Allred explores the game-changing live production of Caryl Churchill’s play, and considers the implications for Lockdown Shakespeare.Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020
Gemma Allredin‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking ShakespeareMoving Festival Shakespeare Online: 60 Hour Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s StreamGemma Allred considers the company’s Zoom-facilitated adaptation of their previously planned outdoor charity production streamed to…May 28, 2020May 28, 2020