stage
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Iain Mackintosh writes: Tyrone Guthrie discovered the “thrust” configuration while directing Hamlet at Elsinore Castle in 1936
talking points
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The standup and president of the British Humanist Association on what makes her laugh the most
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Tom Stoppard’s comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is returning to the Old Vic in a 50th-anniversary revival. Test your knowledge of the further adventures of Hamlet’s other characters
from the archive
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Could Richard III handle Hamlet in a punch-up? Is Falstaff craftier than Cleopatra? Celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday by pitting his characters against each other
series
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The Funny SideThe Funny SideBeth Vyse: A breast cancer appointment is like Deal or No Deal – videoWhat happens when you’re faced with a breast cancer diagnosis at 28? Beth Vyse was whisked off to Alicante and offered a chocolate box full of fake nipples
pictures & video
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In the book The Art of Movement, Ken Browar and Deborah Ory of NYC Dance Project capture some of the most accomplished dancers in the world in a series of striking poses
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Phoebe Boswell riffs on her conflicted attitudes towards Othello in Dear Mr Shakespeare, which co-stars Ashley Thomas aka Bashy
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Writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce and director Carl Hunter reimagine Shakespeare’s late tragedy in an otherwordly film set amongst the statues of Antony Gormley’s installation Another Place on Crosby beach in Liverpool
you may have missed
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In 1995, Mark Lockyer was appearing in Romeo and Juliet when he was overcome with anxiety, fear and paranoia, beginning a bipolar rollercoaster. Now he’s turned those dark days into a solo show – with tea and biscuits
Brighton festival to host US elections trilogy