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King Lear rehearsing at Hodsock Priory

This week, King Lear visits Brighton Festival…

Roger Evans, playing Jack Cade in the three Henry VI plays is writing a blog all about his experience. Here’s the first instalment…

Set in 80 hundred acres of countryside, Hodsock Priory is a beautiful location to watch Shakespeare alfresco this summer…

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2008 (c) Manuel Harlan

Shakespeare alluded to the pagan rituals of May day in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Here we learn more about these rituals…

(c) Ellie Kurttz

Interview with Mark Dornford-May, Isango Ensemble’s co-founder and artistic director. He explains the choices and challenges behind his company’s production of Venus & Adonis…

Masques were a major innovation in royal entertainment in the Jacobean period, possibly introduced by Anne of Denmark. They featured allegorical figures, some very heavy obsequiousness, music, verse and elaborate staging and costumes…

We got mail! A postcard from the cast of King Lear….

Richard III, 2012 (c) Simon Annand

Edward VI had died off- stage at least twice. Would the course of the plays be different if he had died on stage for all to see?

A Midsummer Night's Dream (c) Fiona Moorhead 2010

Touring was in Shakespeare’s blood and in the blood of the company of actors he worked with which is why It was with great pride that we resurrected this tradition in summer 2007…

Our first stop on the King Lear tour is the Theatre Royal Margate. We visited the venue to find out more…