On Friday the Royal Shakespeare Company launched the trailer for their new productions of Henry IV Parts I and II: Following November's successful showing of Richard II, these new stagings will be broadcast in cinemas for Live more
At lunchtime on Sunday I sat in the front row of Screen 2 at the Barbican watching - for the first time on a big screen since November - Richard II Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. Tonight I sat in the more
At the end of every year each of us at Illuminations and at our sister company Illuminations Films contributes a top ten of cultural highlights of the year. We run these through this holiday period, with today's first contribution from Illuminations' more
With the RSC Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcast on Wednesday, it's been a busy and fairly intense week. One lovely and sort-of-related online offering this week is the full audio track from the RSC's Midsummer Night's Dreaming event with more
Slowly trying to make sense of last night. In many ways the broadcast was immaculate - it looked great and, in the OB truck, it sounded great. There were no significant problems in Stratford but I know that a small more
This is the post I'm using to chronicle events up to Wednesday evening; you can also follow how things are unfolding via @livefromSuA, @TheRSC and @Illuminations. 6.11pm Everyone is returning and we're about to more
Uncertain as I am about whether the details of the RSC Richard II Live from Stratford-upon-Avon production schedule are really of any interest, I took a stab at chronicling that on Sunday, and I'll continue that today. Later today we will run more
First day of the new month, and just twelve to go until the Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcast to UK cinemas of the RSC's Richard II (full details and links to ticket sales here). On Sunday the more
In 1966 Peter Brook and the Royal Shakespeare Company mounted a collaboratively devised stage show titled US. The subject was our relationship to and responsibility for the Vietnam War. The following year, with a minimal budget raised in part by more
I said that I am not going to post a 'review' of Richard II, which opened to a wonderful reception last night in Stratford-upon-Avon (with live cinema broadcasts on and after 13 November). And I'm not. Nor am more