Edinburgh festival 2024: 20 theatre shows making a scene this summer
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Shakespeare v the Tories, Mel C’s dance show and more
May 2024
Hamlet review – one-woman juggling act exposes limits of Eddie Izzard’s acting ability
A marathon achievement for its feat of memory, this performance feels like avant garde cabaret at times
February 2024
The film’s the thing: Ian McKellen’s new Hamlet shows the screen can outdo the stage
Michael Billington
Sean Mathias has reimagined his 2021 production of Shakespeare’s tragedy as a movie, inventively using Windsor’s Theatre Royal and capturing McKellen’s subtle performance
January 2024
Andrew Scott halted Hamlet soliloquy after theatregoer used laptop to email
The actor, who was starring in the Shakespeare play in 2017, stopped during its renowned soliloquy
December 2023
Ian McKellen reprises Hamlet for new film version
Actor plays Shakespeare’s tragic prince in film shot at Theatre Royal Windsor, where he starred in a 2021 stage version
November 2023
Eddie Izzard’s one-person Hamlet coming to New York in 2024
The last word
Making your mind up: the best descriptions of indecision in literature
August 2023
James Rowland: Piece of Work review – an affecting account of fathers, sons and Shakespeare
Rowland’s beautifully crafted show considers his, and our, little lives in the context of the Bard’s words
June 2023
‘Mine’s lobster and champagne’: Judi Dench reveals secret onstage supper at Shakespeare play
The Oscar-winning star discusses her Shakespearean roles and the characters she brought to life in watercolours in her new book
April 2023
Romeo, Macbeth, Hamlet and me: the ecstasy and agony of staging Shakespeare
From a literal knockout student production to inspiration from arachnids and a skull with an extraordinary backstory, the veteran director lifts the curtain on his career
January 2023
Heavenly powers or something rotten? When Richard Burton played Hamlet
It was a box-office hit directed by John Gielgud and created turmoil on stage and off. Now, the 1964 Broadway staging has inspired The Motive and the Cue, a new play by Jack Thorne
October 2022
The week in theatre: Tammy Faye; Hamlet; Marvellous – review
Hamlet review – slick tragedy fuelled by fury
August 2022
Hamlet review – Ian McKellen holds court in a dumb-ballet take on the Bard
Patrick Stewart: ‘I was dazzled by David Warner’s Hamlet – to join the company felt like a fantasy’
July 2022
‘The greatest director the world has ever seen’ – actors salute Peter Brook
Adrian Lester stripped back Hamlet with him, Janet Suzman can still hear the audience gasp, Glenda Jackson dug deep for the director and for Frances de la Tour he was incomparable
May 2022
Hamlet Within: why are we so obsessed with Shakespeare’s dithering prince?
Cultural prescription
Revenge is sweet: the music, TV and theatre about getting your own back
March 2022
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Mum, Hamlet, Oliver Twist and more
In a new monthly roundup, we pick 10 of the best shows to enjoy from home – including Shakespeare filmed in a church, a lavish musical and Gabriel Byrne’s return to Dublin
