http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-666-royal-shakespeare-company/topic-rss.do Royal Shakespeare Company RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773473-friends-mandem-lend-me-your-ears-actors-stage-julius-caesar-in-street-slang.do Group of young actors have re-invented Julius Caesar as a cautionary tale of violence in urban London - with Shakespeare's script partly rewritten in street language 2009-11-23T09:39:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23721620-spellbinding-shows-at-latitude.do It says something about the power of live theatre that a 500‑seat tent in the middle of a field was filled to overflowing at midnight on Saturday. 2009-07-19T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23604985-don-john-needs-charisma.do Don John, the new take on the downfall of the legendary lover Don Giovanni, is limp in all the wrong places, says Fiona Mountford. 2008-12-19T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23600160-tennant-back-surgery-may-stop-him-returning-as-hamlet.do David Tennant may not be well enough to return to his role as Hamlet, it was revealed 2008-12-11T09:37:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23599445-understudy-on-stage-as-back-pain-halts-tennant.do The understudy thrust into the limelight as Hamlet because of David Tennant's bad back was greeted with a standing ovation 2008-12-10T09:58:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23598943-tennant-hopes-to-defy-injury-for-hamlet.do Fears are growing that the show will not go on for David Tennant — as the Doctor Who star had last minute tests on a back injury 2008-12-09T09:20:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23597451-tennants-hamlet-up-for-peoples-awards.do David Tennant is up for two awards in the only theatre honours voted for by the public 2008-12-05T08:39:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23596438-alas-poor-yorick-you-are-too-much-of-a-distraction.do The Royal Shakespeare Company has decided it will no longer use a human skull in its production of Hamlet in case it distracts the audience 2008-12-03T10:09:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23595117-hundreds-of-fans-are-duped-over-tennants-west-end-debut.do A gang of counterfeiters has struck a West End production of Hamlet staring David Tennant, in what is believed to be the first attack of its kind. 2008-12-01T12:40:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23583522-co-stars-in-contest-for-best-actress-at-evening-standard-theatre-awards.do Comedy co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack will go head to head for honours at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2008-11-07T09:18:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23572929-new-lyric-chief-promises-to-surprise.do Sean Holmes, the director whose work includes an acclaimed revival of The Entertainer, is to be the new head of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith 2008-10-15T08:11:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23558788-rsc-asks-am-dram-players-to-join-cultural-olympiad.do London's amateur dramatics societies are to be invited to join in a giant Shakespeare festival planned to coincide with the 2012 Olympic Games 2008-09-22T13:21:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23525298-first-pictures-of-dr-whos-david-tennant-as-hamlet.do Doctor Who actor David Tennant has temporarily given up time travel to tread the boards in a classic Shakespearean role. And as these dress rehearsal pictures reveal, the actor is geeting into his stride as Hamlet. 2008-08-02T18:06:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23520806-trekkies-and-dr-who-geeks-banned-from-rscs-new-production-of-hamlet.do Doctor Who fans hoping to get an autograph from David Tennant at the stage door of the RSC production of Hamlet have been banned from bringing merchandise from the TV show. 2008-07-24T19:19:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23518519-mixed-bag-at-latitude.do Latitude, this year proving itself as much an arts as a music festival, has doubled in size since its tentative beginning in 2006. 2008-07-20T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23492507-keep-tv-stars-off-west-end-stage-says-miller-just-as-dr-who-arrives.do Sir Jonathan Miller hits out at the West End's "obsession with celebrity" as Doctor Who star David Tennant prepares to play Hamlet 2008-06-09T10:19:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23489407-night-of-rock-n-roll.do Beverley Knight, Nick Mason and Toyah Willcox are to play at a charity rock 'n' roll gala at the Roundhouse on June 12. 2008-06-02T12:13:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23485889-on-stage-sex-and-indie-rock-in-the-19th-century.do A hit Broadway musical based on a banned 19th- century play about teenagers discovering sex is coming to London 2008-05-20T08:13:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23476620-were-off-to-see-oz-again.do Festival Hall is to premiere the stage version of The Wizard of Oz this summer, following the success of spin-off musical Wicked. 2008-04-10T09:33:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23469197-roundhouse-turned-from-rock-venue-to-theatre-in-10-days.do The Royal Shakespeare Company has transformed the Roundhouse into a fully-functioning theatre in just 10 days 2008-03-31T09:04:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23469386-roundhouse-turned-from-rock-venue-to-theatre.do Camden rock venue the Roundhouse has undergone a makeover so that it is equipt to stage the Royal Shakespeare Company's eight weeks of history plays. 2008-03-31T11:09:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23430743-can-the-doctor-conquer-hamlet.do 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. 2008-01-04T10:00:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23426613-a-feast-of-comedy.do A vigorous production of Nicholas Nickleby is a feast of comic amusement in part one which declines into a session of extended dullness in part two. 2007-12-10T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23425538-the-man-who-remade-the-rsc.do Last week's triumphant openings of King Lear and The Seagull crown five years of hard-won success for artistic director Michael Boyd. 2007-12-04T13:04:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23408749-long-days-journey-into-englands-nightmare.do Nicholas de Jongh was left exhausted, but emotionally and mentally exhilarated after watching superb, stylised productions of Richard II and both parts of Henry IV in one day. 2007-08-16T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23402068-the-rsc-comes-full-circle.do The Royal Shakespeare Company is returning to the revamped Roundhouse theatre five years after a disastrous season at the venue 2007-06-27T09:54:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23401563-making-fast-work-of-the-bard.do The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) moves at a cracking pace which sees 37 plays covered in just 97 minutes 2007-06-21T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23398675-king-lear-comes-to-london.do The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear starring Sir Ian McKellen is to transfer to London this autumn. 2007-05-30T15:07:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23377972-dame-judi-makes-merry-in-sorry-wives-tale.do 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. 2006-12-13T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23363542-stage-set-for-bloody-mayhem.do Jonathan Slinger stole the limelight as the psychopathic future Richard III who goes about his murderous business with a chilling, charming gusto in Michael Boyd's vigorous revival of the Henry VI Histories. 2006-08-13T23:00:00Z