William Shakespeare
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Scott, best known as Sherlock’s Moriarty, is playing the highest-profile Hamlet since Benedict Cumberbatch took on the role in 2015. Here is an exclusive first look at the production
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State’s board of education throws out measure that would have required warnings to be issued of ‘sexual content’ in texts such as Romeo and Juliet
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He brought sex dolls to Measure for Measure and a food fight to The Changeling. As his Midsummer Night’s Dream looms at the Young Vic, the director discusses the dark truth to fairy stories
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Yasmina Reza’s hit play returns, while interdisciplinary art is celebrated. Plus: Mamma Mia!, In a Pickle, Much Ado About Nothing, Amadeus, Russian State Ballet Of Siberia and Blak Whyte Gray
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Shakespeare in Russian might sound off-putting – but in this violent, visceral contemporary production, the spaces between words hold the most meaning
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Christopher Luscombe’s double dose of comedies begins elegantly, but when Lisa Dillon and Edward Bennett let fly in Much Ado, it becomes a festive romp
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An army barracks provides a striking setting for Sam Gold’s take on Shakespeare’s classic that minimizes questions of race and amps up toxic masculinity
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Phyllida Lloyd’s storming all-female Shakespeare trilogy is saluted by Lyn Gardner who, in no set order, chooses other essential productions of the year
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The witches are Colombian, Banquo’s Ghost appears in Mexico and Macbeth’s castle is Croatian in this crowd-sourced version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, performed by schoolchildren from around the world
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Recruitment hailed as significant milestone in development of £19m playhouse and education hub in Merseyside
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Harriet Walter is the linchpin in the Donmar’s momentous, all-female staging of Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest
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From all-female Shakespeare trilogys to hit musicals and films, she has a gift for works that focus on – and resonate with – women
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The cult around Shakespeare has led to the restoration of murals in Stratford-upon-Avon, whitewashed over by his father. They’re far from masterpieces, but they do show us an England in thrall to devils and death
Twelfth Night review – on high gender alert with Tamsin Greig