Publication: Stratford Observer

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

RSC Much ado Bollywood-style

Buy photos » Comedian Meera Syal stars as Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing. (s)A TOUCH of Bollywood will be brought to the Courtyard Theatre for a staging of Much Ado About Nothing this summer.Audiences will step into India as soon as they enter ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Meera Syal, Mark Ravenhill, Gregory Doran, Island Princess

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Alice In...

Not all roses for RSC's good-looking Richard

Buy photos » Two Roses For Richard - Claudio Baltar and Fabio Ferreira. (s)Two Roses For Richard IIIRSC Courtyard TheatreStratfordIT'S all about the look with Companhia Bufomecanica. The Brazilian company have built their reputation on visually impressive ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Alice In..., Stalking

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Summer of Heartbreak

COMEDIES from the Bard and Coward and a British classic are on Heartbreak Productions' menu this summer.The outdoor theatre specialists will be presenting Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing,. Noel Coward's Private Lives and an adaptation of EH Nesbitt's ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Infidelity, Deception

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 1 Documents

Baghdad love story for RSC Romeo and Juliet

Romeo And Juliet In BaghdadRSC Swan TheatreStratfordSHAKESPEARE was forever adapting the work of others and now his work is regularly used as the foundation for new works.The Iraqi Theatre Company's Romeo and Juliet is a re-imagining set in post war Baghdad. ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Baghdad, Ahmed Salah, Iraq

First Reported Apr 27 2012 - Updated Apr 27 2012 - 1 Documents

David Farr

RSC shipwreck trilogy set for success

Buy photos » Twelfth Night - Jonathan Slinger (Malvolio). (s)THE WORLD Shakespeare Festival continues with three RSC productions under the banner What Country Friends is This?The trilogy of shipwreck plays - The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night and ... [ Published Apr 27 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Bruce Mackinnon, Shipwreck, David Farr, Mark Williams, Caper

First Reported Apr 23 2012 - Updated Apr 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Richard and Romeo get global makeovers at RSC

Buy photos » Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad - Ahmed Salah Moneka (Romeo), Sarwa Rasool (Juliet). (s)RICHARD III gets the South American treatment while Romeo and Juliet gets a Middle Eastern makeover in Stratford as part of the World Shakespeare Fest ... [ Published Apr 23 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Baghdad, Ahmed Salah, Iraq, Brazil

First Reported Apr 20 2012 - Updated Apr 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Michael Sheen

Chaotically colourful King John at RSC

Buy photos » Girl power - Natalie Klamar (Blanche of Spain), Pippa Nixon (The Bastard) and Siobhan Redmond (Queen Elinor). (s)King JohnRSC Swan TheatreStratfordTHE FEMALE of the species takes centre stage in this colourful if chaotic girl power re-telling ... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Siobhan Redmond, Michael Sheen, 13th century

First Reported Apr 18 2012 - Updated Apr 18 2012 - 1 Documents

A summer of laughs at Warwick Arts Centre

Buy photos » The Boy With Tape on His Face - Sam Wills. (s)AUDIENCES at Warwick Arts Centre will be chuckling their way through the summer.The line-up of funnymen and women includes established and up-and-coming comics, with veteran Terry Alderton ... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Lee May, Sam Wills, Adam Kay, Isy Suttie, Pete Firman

First Reported Apr 18 2012 - Updated Apr 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Alan Ayckbourn's Confusions in Stratford

Buy photos » Daniel Jones, Shirley Allwork and Mark Spriggs from Gosforth’s Fete Directed by Steve Farr. (s)ALAN Ayckbourn’s comedy Confusions - a series of five one-act plays - are presented in collaboration in Stratford.The Bear Pit and Fruitcake ... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Steve Farr, Alan Ayckbourn, Daniel Jones

First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Henry Moore works on show

Buy photos » Time/Life Screen: Working Model - Henry Moore's 1952 bronze. (s)WORKS by Henry Moore, one of Britain's most influential artists of the 20th century, can be seen at Leamington Art Gallery.In the Arts Council Collection, running until April ... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Henry Moore, Kenneth Armitage, Lynn Chadwick

First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Medium Steve Holbrook in Stratford

Buy photos » Steve Holbrook - Stratford Falcon Hotel April 22. (s)STEVE Holbrook is regarded by many as Britain's most gifted clairaudient medium and he will be showing why at Stratford Falcon Hotel on April 22.He describes himself as a telephone exchange ... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Support, Wakefield Corp

First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Oddsocks radio broadcast

Buy photos » Oddsocks present the golden age of radio in Roger Radio Presents The Mighty Beast. (s)THE GOLDEN age of radio is brought to the stage of Stratford Civic Hall in Roger Radio Presents The Mighty Beast.Oddsocks' new play, which premiered ... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Stratford Observer ]

Entities: Concession

Quotes

Ravenhill said: "Troilus and Cressida is a play about the collision of two cultures – the Greeks and the Trojans. So it’s exciting to re imagine the play with two companies whose histories are as divergent as The Wooster Group and the RSC."

RSC Much ado Bollywood-style [Stratford Observer - May 17 2012]

"Companhia Bufomecânica’s Richard III looks out from Rio de Janeiro; a glamorous South American politician, flashing his corrupt acts in the tropical sun."

Richard and Romeo get global makeovers at RSC [Stratford Observer - Apr 23 2012]