‘Action is eloquence’: (Re)thinking Shakespeare

Gemma Allred and Ben Broadribb’s conversation with Creation continues — considering liveness, site-specific performance and Zoom fatigue.

Gemma Allred and Ben Broadribb speak to Creation Theatre about their digital production of Dekker, Rowley and Ford’s The Witch Of Edmonton.

Ben Broadribb explores the Shakespearean echoes to be found in a cinematic Christmas favourite, Chris Columbus’s 1990 film Home Alone.

Ben Broadribb considers how Ola Ince’s 2021 Romeo & Juliet for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre pushes against Romeo’s pop culture afterlives.

Ben Broadribb reviews Charlie Day’s one-person show, featuring a twenty-first-century adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Nick…

Ben Broadribb explores the many twentieth century cultural influences on Creation Theatre’s The Duchess of Malfi, from Warhol to Tarantino.

In a reflective article, Gemma Allred explores how TikTok creators have engaged with Shakespeare through the #ModernShakespeare hashtag.

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.

In the first of our ‘Rethinking Performance’ series, Gemma Allred explores the highlights of non-Shakespearean lockdown theatre from 2020.