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Interview: Alan Cumming on staging a one-man Macbeth

Interview: Alan Cumming on staging a one-man Macbeth

Aberfeldy’s most famous son on the toil and trouble of Shakespeare

25 May 2012

How much doom and gloom can one man take? For most actors, it would be enough of a mental burden to take on the role of Macbeth, the warrior king whose ambition leads to self-destruction. But for Alan Cumming, that’s only the start of it. In a new…

Gordon Barr on Bard in the Botanics 2012

Gordon Barr on Bard in the Botanics 2012

The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It to be staged in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens

15 May 2012

This season, for us as we move into our second decade, is all about discovery, exploration and new horizons so we were looking for plays that tied in to those themes. The link to The Tempest is fairly clear but As You Like It covers some similar ground…

Irene MacDougall to play female Prospero in Dundee Rep's The Tempest

Irene MacDougall to play female Prospero in Dundee Rep's The Tempest

Caliban and Ariel also adapted as female roles in new production

15 May 2012

Irene MacDougall has been a member of the Dundee Rep ensemble since its inception, but 2012 will mark her first turn in The Tempest. Like Helen Mirren in Julie Taymor’s recent film of Shakespeare’s classic, MacDougall will play Prospero as a female. The…

New production Lady M re-examines the Macbeth story

New production Lady M re-examines Macbeth

Mary McClusky discusses The Scottish Play's continuing relevance to modern audiences

16 Apr 2012

As artistic director of Scottish Youth Theatre and a frequent contributor to Oran Mor’s Classic Cuts season, Mary McCluskey is no stranger to slimming down a Shakespeare play to its essential components. And in the year of the World Shakespeare…

David Hayman to play King Lear at Citizens Theatre

David Hayman to play King Lear at Citizens Theatre

Dominic Hill directs Scottish production of Shakespeare

21 Mar 2012

It’s been 33 years since David Hayman last performed at the Citizens Theatre. ‘Backstage is very different so I now need a chaperone to get me from A to B.’ he laughs. Widely recognised for his role as DCS Walker in ITV’s Trial and Retribution, Hayman…

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Richard III
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Martin Thomas stars in the title role, in Michael Dyer's all-male production of Shakespeare's history play.
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1 Jun Jun 1, 7pm Kington & Dormston Village Hall, Worcester
3 Jun Jun 3, 7pm Whittington Castle, Oswestry
9 Jun Jun 9, 7pm Cothay Manor & Gardens, Wellington
10 Jun Jun 10, 2.30pm The Gate Farmhouse, Bristol
17 Jun Jun 17, 2.30pm The Mill House, Bridport
20 Jun Jun 20, 7pm Beaudesert Park School, Stroud
21 Jun Jun 21, 7pm Pontefract Castle, Pontefract
22 Jun Jun 22, 7pm Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, Nuneaton
23 Jun Jun 23, 7pm Lillte Chalfont Village Hall, Chalfont St. Giles
26 Jun Jun 26, 7.30pm Sterts Theatre, Liskeard
27 Jun Jun 27, 7pm Highcliffe Castle, Highcliffe, Christchurch
28 Jun Jun 28, 7.30pm The Manor at Frampton Court Estate, Gloucester
30 Jun Jun 30, 7.30pm Wolvesey Palace Gardens, Winchester
1 Jul Jul 1, 5pm Bartons Mill, Basingstoke
6 Jul Jul 6, 7.30pm The Royal Crescent & York Gardens, Bristol
7 Jul Jul 7, 7.30pm Swinhay House, Wotton-under-Edge
8 Jul Jul 8, 7.30pm Cafe On The Rye, London SE15
11 Jul Jul 11, 7pm The New Inn, Gloucester
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Reid Kerr College HND Acting students perform Shakespeare's supernatural, forest-based comedy. This glam rock version is set in the 70s, and promises 'a comic rollerskating ride from start to finish.'
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30 May–1 Jun Wed–Fri 7.30pm The SPACE, Glasgow
2008: Macbeth
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Set in a contemporary and brutal Middle Eastern conflict, TR Warszawa's 2008: Macbeth is unflinching in its depiction of the machine of violence that, once set in motion, works faster and ever more efficiently. With spectacular pyrotechnics, immersive video effects and an extraordinary, layered soundscape that plays tricks on the ear, Shakespeare’s web of politics, ambition and the supernatural is transformed into a contemporary, and highly physical, theatrical film. Supported by Adam…
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11 Aug–18 Aug Mon 7.30–9.40pm; Wed 2–4.10pm; Thu–Sun 7.30–9.40pm Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
A Midsummer Nights Dream
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The Quantum Theatre Company presents Shakespeare's tale of magical mayhem set in a wood near Athens.
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8 Jun Jun 8, 7pm–9pm, booking essential, gates 5pm, bring a picnic rug or a low backed seat National Trust: Fell Foot Park, Ulverston
14 Jun Jun 14, 7pm–10pm, last adm 6.45pm, booking essential National Trust: Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum And Village, Lacock, Chippenham
30 Aug Aug 30, 7.30pm Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston
Twelfth Night
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16 Jun Jun 16, 7pm–9.30pm, gates 6.15pm, last adm 7pm, booking essential National Trust: Little Moreton Hall, Congleton
7 Jul Jul 7, 7pm Ucheldre Centre, Holyhead
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