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David Walliams on getting the RSC’s ‘stamp of approval’ with The Boy in the Dress musical
David Walliams on getting the RSC’s ‘stamp of approval’ with The Boy in the Dress musical

David Walliams on getting the RSC’s ‘stamp of approval’ with The Boy in the Dress musical

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-08T10:14:50+00:0024 October 2019|Tags: David Walliams, Featured Show, Guy Chambers, Mark Ravenhill, Robbie Williams, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, StageFaves, The Boy in the Dress|

During rehearsals for The Boy in the Dress, I spoke to David Walliams about his inspiration for the original story, his burgeoning career as a children’s writer and how he feels having his work adapted by the RSC.

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Panel on the RSC’s gender-flipped Taming of the Shrew: Kate & Petruchio in the age of #MeToo
Panel on the RSC’s gender-flipped Taming of the Shrew: Kate & Petruchio in the age of #MeToo

Panel on the RSC’s gender-flipped Taming of the Shrew: Kate & Petruchio in the age of #MeToo

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T23:23:40+00:0029 April 2019|Tags: Claire Price, Dr Emma Whipday, Joan Iyiola, Joseph Arkley, Justin Audibert, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, Terri Paddock events, The Other Place, The Taming of the Shrew|

I had a fabulous time last week in Stratford-upon-Avon seeing Justin Audibert’s new re-gendered production of Shakespeare’s early “battle of the sexes” comedy The Taming of the Shrew (1591), set in a parallel Elizabethan universe where women are in charge.

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Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century?
Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century?

Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T18:31:24+00:003 May 2017|Tags: James Shirley, Justin Audibert, Max Pappenheim, Natalie Simpson, Post-show Q&As, RSC, Shakespeare, Southwark Playhouse, Stephen Boxer, Terri Paddock events, The Cardinal|

James Shirley's 1641 tragic masterpiece The Cardinal, one of the last plays staged in England before Oliver Cromwell's ban on theatre, this month receives its first major production since the 17th century.

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What if every day were #Shakespeare400 and London Marathon?
What if every day were #Shakespeare400 and London Marathon?

What if every day were #Shakespeare400 and London Marathon?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:52:39+00:0024 April 2016|Tags: #RSCLive, #Shakespeare400, #ShakespeareLives, Akiya Henry, Alex Jennings, Anne-Marie Duff, Ashley Zhangazha, Benedict Cumberbatch, Catherine Tate, David Tennant, Harriet Walter, Henry Goodman, Ian McKellen, Jamie Parker, Judi Dench, London Marathon, Meera Syal, Michelle Terry, Roger Allan, Rory Kinnear, Ros Povey, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, Rufus Hound, Rufus Wainwright, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Shakespeare Live! From the RSC, Shakespeare's Globe, The Complete Walk, Tim Minchin, Will Keen|

The Complete Walk along the Thames to Shakespeare's Globe on 24 April 2016. ©

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Curse of the character actor? Antony Sher doubted he could play Falstaff
Curse of the character actor? Antony Sher doubted he could play Falstaff

Curse of the character actor? Antony Sher doubted he could play Falstaff

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T13:07:24+00:0013 May 2015|Tags: Alex Hassell, Antony Sher, Arthur Miller, Brian Cox, Cycle of Kings, Derek Jacobi, Greg Doran, Gregory Doran, Ian McKellen, Jim Broadbent, King and Country, Patrick Stewart, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC|

As captured by Antony Sher, the artist: Other great character acting from Meryl Streep in

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Destroyer of Worlds: A closing speech to end all closing speeches?
Destroyer of Worlds: A closing speech to end all closing speeches?

Destroyer of Worlds: A closing speech to end all closing speeches?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T13:07:33+00:0012 May 2015|Tags: Angus Jackson, John Heffernan, Oberon Books, Oppenheimer, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, Tom Morton-Smith|

John Heffernan takes the title role in Tom Morton-Smith's Oppenheimer, RSC at the Vaudeville

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My theatre diary: Three must-see new plays Clarion, Level Playing Field, Oppenheimer
My theatre diary: Three must-see new plays Clarion, Level Playing Field, Oppenheimer

My theatre diary: Three must-see new plays Clarion, Level Playing Field, Oppenheimer

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T13:07:52+00:0030 April 2015|Tags: A Level Playing Field, Angus Jackson, Arcola Theatre, Chris Popert, Clare Higgins, Clarion, Greg Hicks, Jermyn Street Theatre, John Heffernan, Jonathan Guy Lewis, Jonathan Lewis, Mark Jagasia, Mehmet Ergen, Oppenheimer, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, Tom Morton-Smith|

Joe Layton and Jojo Macari in Jonathan Guy Lewis' A Level Playing Field at

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Charting The Stage 100: Who are theatre’s biggest influencers and why?
Charting The Stage 100: Who are theatre’s biggest influencers and why?

Charting The Stage 100: Who are theatre’s biggest influencers and why?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T13:14:56+00:002 January 2015|Tags: Almeida Theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Barbican Centre, Baz Bamigboye, Cameron Mackintosh, Chichester Festival Theatre, Daniel Evans, David Lan, Dominic Dromgoole, Donmar Warehouse, Gemma Bodinetz, Gregory Doran, Guardian, Haworth Tompkins, Howard Panter, icholas Hytner, Jamie Lloyd, Jonathan Church, Josie Rourke, Liverpool Everyman, National Theatre, Neil Constable, Nica Burns, Nicholas Starr, Nimax Theatres, NT Live, Qdos Entertainment, Rosemary Squire, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, Rupert Goold, Shakespeare's Globe, Sheffield Theatres, Sonia Friedman, The Stage, The Stage 100, Top influencers, Young Vic|

In this new year gorgefest of lists, The Stage's annually compiled Stage 100 of the

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What did I miss? Part One: Tons of transfers
What did I miss? Part One: Tons of transfers

What did I miss? Part One: Tons of transfers

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T13:21:41+00:0028 March 2014|Tags: Almeida Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Headlong, National Theatre, National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, West End transfers|

The National Theatre of Scotland's vamp-fest Let the Right One In What an

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