RSC Tempest: Stratford meets the digital age in a vibrant classic

Imagine a 30 foot high Ariel towering above Propero – that’s what you get in this groundbreaking performance, says Richard Lutz

Rover’s glorious return

Richard Lutz reviews The Rover at the RSC’s Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon.

Review: Two Noble Kinsmen

Richard Lutz is in two minds about the latest RSC offering at Stratford on Avon.

The Alchemist: A sharp, wicked comedy aimed at greed and gold

Richard Lutz takes his pew for the Ben Johnson classic that caustically sends up his fellow Londoners of 1610.

Cymbeline Review: Too tricksy by half despite solid acting

Richard Lutz reviews a little-known Shakespeare play that loses its way.

Royal Shakespeare Company to unveil restored Swan Wing

Major new contemporary artwork to feature in Shakespeare celebrations.

Birmingham Royal Ballet to perform at Shakespeare Live! from the RSC

Company will be touring in groundbreaking co-operation.

Don Quixote at Stratford: Five stars for the man who tilts at windmills

Richard Lutz takes his pew for the Cervantes epic of the Spanish knight in search of a dream.

RSC to open major new visitor attraction

New exhibition to reveal secrets behind the world’s most famous theatre company.

Review: Queen Anne at Stratford on Avon

Richard Lutz takes his pew for the RSC’s new production about Queen Anne.

Review: Henry V at Stratford

Richard Lutz takes a seat for that most patriotic of Shakespeare plays .

Review: Othello

Richard Lutz reviews a classic take on Shakespeare’s tragedy about jealousy, race and deceit

Review: Death of a Salesman

Richard Lutz reviews a modern American classic which pulls no punches

Review: Oppenheimer

Richard Lutz watches a tour de force that looks at the life of the father of the A-bomb.

Artrix winter season launched

Film, theatre and live music amongst the highlights.

Review: A Sher bet for Henry IV

Richard Lutz watches a new adaptation of an old classic.

Review: The Roaring Girl

By Richard Lutz.

Review: Richard The Second

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Review: Stuffing Revenge Down Your Enemy’s Throat

Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus pours out rivers of blood in this tale about power but still tells a good story, says Richard Lutz

Review: A Mad World My Masters

Richard Lutz takes his seat at the RSC in Stratford for a rude funny Jacobean play called Mad World

Prince of Denmark: A Cage Fighter on Stage

The new Hamlet at Stratford is full-on muscular theatre: it is Hamlet as cage fighter, says Richard Lutz

Review: A Life Of Galileo

A new RSC production peers into the gap between what we know is true and how much we agree to compromise. Richard Lutz reports