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Twelfth Night is light on laughs

22.10.09

Gregory Doran's production of Twelfth Night, which transfers to London in December, has enchanting moments.... more

Dark vision of the new puppet masters

19.10.09

Festival coming to London - backed by actor Clive Owen - is showcasing puppetry as an artform for adults, capable of tackling dark and dramatic themes... more

Magical moments in A Midsummer Night's Dream

21.01.09

It is business as usual now for the RSC's London season with Gregory Doran's enchanting take on gods and mortals in A Midsummer Night's Dream.... more

Tennant is better than ever in Hamlet

08.01.09

David Tennant's triumphant return for the last week of performances of his RSC Hamlet proves his tenacity.... more

Understudy on stage as back pain halts Tennant

10.12.08

The understudy thrust into the limelight as Hamlet because of David Tennant's bad back was greeted with a standing ovation... more

David Tennant labours in lost cause

09.10.08

Having been drenched in critics' superlatives for his Hamlet, David Tennant takes on a riskier proposition by trying his hand at Love's Labour Lost.... more

RSC asks am dram players to join Cultural Olympiad

22.09.08

London's amateur dramatics societies are to be invited to join in a giant Shakespeare festival planned to coincide with the 2012 Olympic Games... more

Fans queue at box office for David Tennant's Hamlet

12.09.08

Dr Who fans and Shakespeare lovers camped overnight to be first to buy tickets to see David Tennant's Hamlet... more

Here's a prince for our time

06.08.08

David Tennant is sensational as a manic-depressive and authentic Hamlet but the play is lacking something, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Where art thou, David? Dr Who's Tennant signs up to play Hamlet

09.06.08

As the Time Lord, he dispatched the Daleks with relative ease. But now David Tennant - who is set to play Hamlet in the West End - faces a more formidable opponent in the shape of Sir Jonathan Miller. ... more

Keep TV stars off West End stage says Miller (just as Dr Who arrives)

09.06.08

Sir Jonathan Miller hits out at the West End's "obsession with celebrity" as Doctor Who star David Tennant prepares to play Hamlet ... more

A thrilling night of magic and madness

16.05.08

Gregory Doran's sparkling version of A Midsummer Night's Dream proves a welcome, not to mention seasonal, addition to the RSC repertoire.... more

Can the Doctor conquer Hamlet?

04.01.08

Shakespeare has never been more popular, but in the first of three major productions of the Danish tragedy, David Tennant has a fight on his hands.... more

The renaissance of seduction

08.11.07

Antony Sher's The Giant turns on the suppressed homosexual desire of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Pity the action wanders so much.... more

Hampstead Theatre hosts Giant premiere

10.07.07

The latest play by Antony Sher is one of the highlights of Hampstead Theatre's new season, announced today.... more

Eloquent puppets and the language of love

27.03.07

Gregory Doran has discovered a way of translating an Elizabethan mythic-fantasy into a puppetry form that is accessible, amusing and eloquent, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

This warrior is too wild

07.03.07

A disappointing air of down-lift and lack of occasion marked the first night of Gregory Doran's insipid, swan-song production of Coriolanus.... more

Bigger stage but smaller impact

16.01.07

Too many of the lovers' frailties have been ironed out in Antony and Cleopatra's move from Stratford-on-Avon to London, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Dame Judi makes merry in sorry Wives' tale

13.12.06

The Royal Shakespeare Company has embarked on an expensive gamble by inflicting this flamboyantly awful, musical version of The Merry Wives Of Windsor upon us, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Pick of the Christmas shows

08.12.06

From posh pantos to old favourites, London's theatres are gearing up for Christmas. Fiona Mountford reveals the best of the festive shows.... more

A bitch of a job for Dame Judi

05.10.06

Her latest role as a treacherous school teacher is something of a departure. But Judi Dench understands the character, she tells Mike Goodridge. ... more