Shakespeare Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/tag/shakespeare/ Arts and entertainment for East Anglia Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:12:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-32x32.png Shakespeare Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/tag/shakespeare/ 32 32 Richard II https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/richard-ii/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/richard-ii/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:12:13 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3173 Shakespeare’s tale of the roots of the War of The Roses gets zhuzhed up in this creative new production.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/richard-ii/feed/ 0 Local Oscar-winner opens Norwich film fest https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/local-oscar-winner-opens-norwich-film-fest/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/local-oscar-winner-opens-norwich-film-fest/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:32:46 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3082 Norwich Film Festival has announced a special screening of the Oscar-winning film Shakespeare in Love for its opening night, bringing a touch of cinematic history and local heritage to the big screen.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/local-oscar-winner-opens-norwich-film-fest/feed/ 0 Bury theatre to co-produce Phillipa Gregory’s debut play https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2023/bury-theatre-to-co-produce-phillipa-gregorys-debut-play/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2023/bury-theatre-to-co-produce-phillipa-gregorys-debut-play/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:32:18 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2513 Best-selling historical author Philippa Gregory will make her playwrighting debut in a play co-produced by Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2023/bury-theatre-to-co-produce-phillipa-gregorys-debut-play/feed/ 0 Julius Caesar https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/julius-caesar-2/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/julius-caesar-2/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2023 23:03:10 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2430 Political despatches are no longer quite as bloody as that which befell Caesar in Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy, but we have certainly seen several ego-inflated leaders in recent times.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/julius-caesar-2/feed/ 0 A Midsummer Night’s Dream https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/a-midsummer-nights-dream-3/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/a-midsummer-nights-dream-3/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:04:01 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2424 There is always a temptation with Shakespeare to try to do something different: this version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream nominally sets the action around the Suffragette movement of the early 20th century.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2022/romeo-and-juliet-6/feed/ 0 Macbeth https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2021/macbeth-3/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2021/macbeth-3/#respond Mon, 12 Jul 2021 19:40:05 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1782 The Lord Chamberlain’s Men returned to Norwich Cathedral with a pacey and entertaining – but unprovoking – rendition of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2021/macbeth-3/feed/ 0 National Theatre adds to online season https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2020/national-theatre-adds-to-online-season/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2020/national-theatre-adds-to-online-season/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:52:32 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1546 The National Theatre has announced the next production to feature in its NT At Home season of free streamed plays.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2020/national-theatre-adds-to-online-season/feed/ 0 Shakespeare’s Globe joins online theatre fest https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2020/shakespeares-globe-joins-online-theatre-fest/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2020/shakespeares-globe-joins-online-theatre-fest/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:15:00 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1511 London’s Shakespeare Globe has become the latest theatre to offer free performances online.

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you need to be sure of your footing.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/othello/feed/ 0 As You Like It https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/as-you-like-it/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/as-you-like-it/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:13:36 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1274 Shakespeare can sometimes feel a little distant and predictable – they all get married, or they all die, and in between we have some tricky language – but Lucy Phelps’ stunningly energetic performance means this time we see it all anew.

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Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s craziest plays.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/the-tempest/feed/ 0 Much Ado About Nothing https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/much-ado-about-nothing-2/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/much-ado-about-nothing-2/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:27:17 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1109 Despite a mafia-themed opening this
production of Shakespeare’s comedy owes more stylistically to a Hitchcock
thriller than the Godfather.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/romeo-and-juliet-5/feed/ 0 Macbeth https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/macbeth-2/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/macbeth-2/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2019 22:04:09 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=197 With Storm Gareth raging outside, there wasn’t much need for simulated wind and rain to open this oppressive and claustrophobic version of Macbeth, but still it came.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2018/macbeth/feed/ 0 A Midsummer Night’s Dream https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2017/a-midsummer-nights-dream/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2017/a-midsummer-nights-dream/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:48:35 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=162 Staging one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays is always a dilemma: play it straight or attempt to reinvent? This youth theatre production mostly keeps it simple, allowing some great performances to take centre stage.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2017/a-midsummer-nights-dream/feed/ 0 Romeo and Juliet https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2017/romeo-and-juliet/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2017/romeo-and-juliet/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:45:02 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=158 Part of a double run with Twelfth Night, this Watermill Theatre production offers a similarly musical take on the well-known Shakespeare texts, bringing songs and choreographed, physical theatre to the fore.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2016/a-midsummer-nights-dream-2/feed/ 0 Pocket Merchant https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2015/pocket-merchant/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2015/pocket-merchant/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:00:41 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=745 “If you prick us, do we not bleed?” famously asks Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The question for Propeller’s abridged version of that play is slightly different: if you strip out two-thirds of the text, is it still the same play?

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