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‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare
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Review: Richard II (directed by Annie McKenzie for Quandary Collective)
Review: 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.
Benjamin Broadribb
May 2, 2022
In conversation with the cast and crew of Creation Theatre’s The Witch of Edmonton — Part 2
In conversation with the cast and crew of Creation Theatre’s The Witch of Edmonton — Part 2
Gemma Allred and Ben Broadribb’s conversation with Creation continues — considering liveness, site-specific performance and Zoom fatigue.
#RethinkingShax
Mar 17, 2022
In conversation with the cast and crew of Creation Theatre’s The Witch of Edmonton — Part 1
In conversation with the cast and crew of Creation Theatre’s The Witch of Edmonton — Part 1
Gemma Allred and Ben Broadribb speak to Creation Theatre about their digital production of Dekker, Rowley and Ford’s The Witch Of Edmonton.
#RethinkingShax
Mar 14, 2022
‘I made my family disappear’: Echoes and inversions of King Lear in Home Alone
‘I made my family disappear’: Echoes and inversions of King Lear in Home Alone
Ben Broadribb explores the Shakespearean echoes to be found in a cinematic Christmas favourite, Chris Columbus’s 1990 film Home Alone.
Benjamin Broadribb
Dec 14, 2021
‘Tut, I have lost myself. I am not here.’: Rethinking Romeo in Ola Ince’s Romeo & Juliet
‘Tut, I have lost myself. I am not here.’: Rethinking Romeo in Ola Ince’s Romeo & Juliet
Ben Broadribb considers how Ola Ince’s 2021 Romeo & Juliet for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre pushes against Romeo’s pop culture afterlives.
Benjamin Broadribb
Sep 2, 2021
Review: Rock Bottom (directed by Charlie Day for Fresh Life Theatre)
Review: 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…
Benjamin Broadribb
Jul 8, 2021
Speaking with others’ tongues: Creation Theatre’s The Duchess of Malfi
Speaking with others’ tongues: Creation Theatre’s The Duchess of Malfi
Ben Broadribb explores the many twentieth century cultural influences on Creation Theatre’s The Duchess of Malfi, from Warhol to Tarantino.
Benjamin Broadribb
Mar 30, 2021
Dear Shakespeare, Could You Write A Happy Ending Please?: (de/re)stabilising the canon Tik by Tok
Dear Shakespeare, Could You Write A Happy Ending Please?: (de/re)stabilising the canon Tik by Tok
In a reflective article, Gemma Allred explores how TikTok creators have engaged with Shakespeare through the #ModernShakespeare hashtag.
Gemma Allred
Mar 11, 2021
‘Capital crimes, chew’d, swallow’d and digested’: ITALive’s Kings of War
‘Capital crimes, chew’d, swallow’d and digested’: ITALive’s Kings of War
Ben 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.
Benjamin Broadribb
Feb 2, 2021
Rethinking Performance: A Year of Lockdown Theatre
Rethinking Performance: A Year of Lockdown Theatre
In the first of our ‘Rethinking Performance’ series, Gemma Allred explores the highlights of non-Shakespearean lockdown theatre from 2020.
Gemma Allred
Jan 4, 2021
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