Secrets and lies. It’s human nature. A secret marriage changes the course of two ancient kingdoms. For the first time in ten years, see Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s late, tragic comedy of love and ...

Jennifer Tang's folio-feminising London production at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse proves that bathos conquers all, even if it ...

There’s not much point in having three hours worth of Shakespearean text to craft and the gorgeous Sam Wanamaker Playhouse as a canvas if you merely intend to go through the motions, ticking off one ...

If ‘Shakespeare’s Plays’ was a topic on ‘Pointless’, Cymbeline might just be a winning answer. This production, at the 340-seat Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, was enough to convince me that ...

King Cymbeline here becomes a Queen (Martina Laird) of a Gaia-worshipping matriarchy. The commoner Posthumus (Nadi Kemp-Sayfi), for whom her daughter Innogen (Gabrielle Brooks) undergoes ...

King Cymbeline here becomes a Queen (Martina Laird) of a Gaia-worshipping matriarchy. The commoner Posthumus (Nadi Kemp-Sayfi), for whom her daughter Innogen (Gabrielle Brooks) undergoes traducement ...

The 2024 theatre season will offer a fascinating case study for future historians. What we witnessed this year was a clear divergence of artistic approaches, as companies continued to grapple with how ...