Apple TV+ film review: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Joel Coen nightmarish take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is stark, spellbinding cinema.Read More

Globe Player relaunches as subscription streaming service

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is relaunching its Globe Player as a subscription streaming service.

The platform launched back in 2014 and offered full-length films of more than 50 Shakespeare productions recorded at the Globe to rent or buy – usually priced … Read More

Almeida Theatre streams The Tragedy of Macbeth online

The Almeida Theatre will stream its production of The Tragedy of Macbeth live online this month.

Yaël Farber directs James McArdle and Saoirse Ronan in the adaptation of Shakespeare’s play – an elemental production about a world in transformation, the … Read More

National Theatre at Home review: Julius Caesar (Bridge Theatre)

This innovative, immersive take on Shakespeare’s timely political tragedy is mesmerising theatre.Read More

Globe Theatre to stream 2021 season online

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is preparing to open its doors once again this spring – but it will be opening its doors online too, streaming productions throughout its 2021 season for audiences at home as well as those inside the Wooden … Read More

BBC Four review: The Winter’s Tale

The Winter’s Tale is perhaps more famous for a stage direction involving a bear than its plot, but Shakespeare’s strange tragi-comedy is stylish and engaging in its own right in this production from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Originally called off … Read More

VOD film review: Macbeth (2010)

Patrick Stewart is superb in this moving, chilling tale of a man losing his head tinged with nihilistic despair.Read More

Streaming Shakespeare: 11 best modern movie adaptations

When it comes to the Bard, a little bit of iambic pentameter can go a long way for modern audiences. Over the decades, though, there has been no end of versions that have brought Shakespeare’s work into contemporary settings to … Read More

Streaming Shakespeare: Which theatre plays can I watch online?

With Friday 23rd April marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, there’s never been a better time to boot up the internet and see one of his plays performed. While there are more film adaptations of his work in heaven … Read More

Romeo & Juliet review: A uniquely timely take on a timeless tragedy

This intimate, inventive production of Shakespeare’s timeless romance captures the thrilling immediacy of connection.Read More