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2 days ago
London

Shakespeare's 'missing' home mapped with discovery

The exact location of William Shakespeare's only London property has been identified in Blackfriars, suggesting he spent more time in London than previously thought.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago
Arts

Shakespeare' gets a lot of credit but performer should, too

Jacob Ming-Trent uses Shakespeare and hip-hop to process personal trauma, finding poetic kinship that informs a powerful, authoritative solo theatrical performance.
London
fromTime Out London
16 hours ago

Shakespeare's hidden home has been found in London

Shakespeare's only London home has been precisely located on a street near the Globe, revealing more about his later life in the city.
Television
fromVulture
2 days ago

Jack Schlossberg's Beef With Love Story Extends to the Costumes

Jack Schlossberg criticizes the show's sensationalism and fictionalization of the Kennedy family's legacy and style.
History
fromianVisits
3 days ago

Hidden histories of empire and identity uncovered at Kensington Palace

The exhibition highlights the lives of the last princesses of Punjab, focusing on their activism and relationships, particularly in the context of women's suffrage.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Walking Shadow by Greg Doran review Shakespeare's healing power

The book combines Antony Sher's dying diaries and Greg Doran's quest to find Shakespeare's First Folio copies, reflecting on love and loss.
#theatre
fromQueerty
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Jonathan Groff cast in an all-male production of this Shakespeare classic - Queerty

Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Romeo and Juliet review overbearing directorial stamp is saved by dazzling cast

Sadie Sink makes her West End debut as Juliet in a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's play while concurrently starring in a prequel to Stranger Things.
fromQueerty
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Jonathan Groff cast in an all-male production of this Shakespeare classic - Queerty

fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Precise location of William Shakespeare's London lodgings revealed for first time

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls.
London
Fashion & style
fromianVisits
1 week ago

Exhibition review: The plastic coat that explains Queen Elizabeth's fashion archive

Queen Elizabeth II used fashion as a diplomatic tool, carefully selecting outfits to convey messages during her public appearances.
Arts
from48 hills
2 days ago

Drama Masks: Of tyrannical kings and dancing kilts - 48 hills

The article critiques political figures and draws parallels between historical narratives and contemporary issues in performing arts.
Film
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

The Twist in The Drama Is Not the Problem

The film features a controversial plot twist involving a character's past plan for a school shooting, sparking significant online speculation and backlash.
#bridgerton
fromBustle
1 month ago
Television

Simone Ashley's Kate May Play A "Special" Role In Eloise's 'Bridgerton' Season

fromBustle
1 month ago
Television

Simone Ashley's Kate May Play A "Special" Role In Eloise's 'Bridgerton' Season

NYC music
fromTime Out New York
2 weeks ago

Watch: Costumed 'Gilded Age' actors were just spotted filming the new season in NYC

Filming for season 4 of the Gilded Age includes scenes in NYC, with opportunities for background actors of all ages and ethnicities.
London food
fromTime Out London
2 weeks ago

The 10 best new London theatre openings in April 2026

April features notable revivals and new productions in London theatre, including classics and avant-garde performances.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Henry V, the great medieval English king, offers an uncomfortable example of nobility and leadership to the current Windsor monarchy

Henry V is celebrated not only for his military victories but also for his complex life and character beyond the battlefield.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Curated chaos': Danny Boyle on the pop culture spectacular' he's bringing to London's Southbank Centre

Danny Boyle's 'You Are Here' celebrates 75 years of youth culture with a one-day immersive event featuring 1,000 performers at London's Southbank Centre.
SF music
from48 hills
3 weeks ago

Drama Masks: A dance of secrets-and the music of chance - 48 hills

Transparency in organizations like SF Ballet is crucial for maintaining trust and emotional investment from patrons.
#trainspotting
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Guardian view on new musicals: sex, drugs and song n' dance | Editorial

Trainspotting the Musical adapts Irvine Welsh's novel, showcasing the evolution of stories from books to stage with contemporary themes.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

It's got real sass!' Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical

Trainspotting is being adapted into a musical, featuring original songs and selections from the film's soundtrack, opening in London in July.
#costume-design
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

British Period Drama's Go-To Rooms, Ranked

British historic houses used in period dramas possess genuine historical significance and extensive film appearances, unlike American studio back lots, functioning as versatile character actors across multiple productions and eras.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Gainsborough's Pride and Prejudice

Lorena Bradford started monthly tours in American Sign Language, established a program for individuals with memory loss, and brought in medical students to learn soft skills to apply in their caregiving. 'I was a sub-department of one,' she joked to writer Emma Cieslik, who spoke with Bradford over Zoom and at the NGA about her own circuitous path into the profession, and the future of the field of museum accessibility.
Arts
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Quentin Tarantino to Swashbuckle the West End

Quentin Tarantino will write and direct a swashbuckling stage comedy called The Popinjay Cavalier, premiering on London's West End in early 2027.
Miscellaneous
fromLondon Unattached
1 month ago

Mary, Queen of Scots from Scottish Ballet - Review

Scottish Ballet's Mary Queen of Scots reimagines the historical narrative through dying Elizabeth I's fragmented memories, blending historical fact with surreal theatrical elements rather than presenting a linear biographical account.
History
fromSmithsonian Magazine
1 month ago

Tudor Courtiers Exchanged Portrait Miniatures as Love Tokens. Centuries Later, New Research Is Unlocking the Secrets of These Intimate Artworks

Nicholas Hilliard, England's first internationally famous native-born artist, created exquisitely detailed miniature watercolor portraits on vellum that served as portable intimate keepsakes and diplomatic gifts in Elizabethan England.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Quentin Tarantino's swashbuckling epic' The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End debut

Quentin Tarantino's debut play, The Popinjay Cavalier, is a 1830s European comedy of deception opening in London's West End in early 2027, which he will direct.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Pushing the Limits of Historical Fiction

Enrigue's 'penchant for shooting the facts of history through the prism of the absurd' makes him singular-but it also puts him firmly in a long literary tradition. The book 'distills a byzantine swirl of historical events through the lives of a handful of very colorful characters,' intertwining several real and invented incidents with major moments in the Apache Wars, a series of skirmishes involving Native Americans, the U.S., and Mexico across the Southwest borderlands.
Books
#bridgerton-season-4
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Television

'Bridgerton' showrunner Jess Brownell says season 4 has 'incredibly subtle clues' regarding the new Lady Whistledown

fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Television

'Bridgerton' showrunner Jess Brownell says season 4 has 'incredibly subtle clues' regarding the new Lady Whistledown

History
fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

10 Ways Video Games Have Rewritten the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

Video games have become a primary way modern audiences encounter the Middle Ages, creating a distinctive form of medievalism shaped by gameplay mechanics that emphasizes warfare and reshapes historical reality.
London
fromianVisits
1 month ago

The Last Collar: Rare survivor from Charles Dickens's wardrobe goes on display

Charles Dickens's rarely surviving shirt collar, believed to be his last worn before his death, will be displayed at the Charles Dickens Museum alongside a formal suit's silk stockings from 1870.
NYC LGBT
fromQueerty
1 month ago

This Victorian era teen lesbian love affair ended in murder, consumption... & an opera - Queerty

Alice Mitchell murdered her lover Freda Ward in 1892 Memphis, shocking Victorian society with evidence of a passionate lesbian relationship between two middle-class women.
#journalism-funding
Film
fromVulture
2 months ago

The Best Parts of Period Dramas Are the Sheep

Sense and Sensibility uses abundant livestock imagery—especially sheep—to emphasize 19th-century British rural economics and Austen's themes linking love and money.
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

New Online Course: En Garde! Fencing in Late Medieval and Early Modern England - Medievalists.net

A six-week course explores fencing instruction and martial arts careers in late medieval and early modern England, taught by medieval studies expert Dr Jacob H. Deacon.
fromTime Out New York
1 month ago

This 'Bridgerton' experience atop the highest sky deck in NYC sounds incredible

Bridgerton Candlelight Evenings at Edge will take place from 8pm to 9pm for just five nights (February 28, March 1, March 6, March 7 and March 13). Expect standing-room-only indoor pop-up performances featuring classical takes on the show's swoony pop covers, all set against 360-degree views of the Manhattan skyline from 100 stories up.
NYC music
Fashion & style
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

Jacob Elordi's Generational "Wuthering Heights" Wardrobe Needs to Be Studied

Jacob Elordi has become a leading-generation actor and global style icon, known for versatile, impeccably curated fashion and standout red carpet looks.
Arts
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

Adrian Lester returns to London's West End to star in 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

Adrian Lester returns to the West End in Simon Evans' traditional-period Cyrano de Bergerac at the Noël Coward Theatre, June 13–Sept 5.
History
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Romance and costumes: Why Bay Area nerds' are turning to 19th century ballroom dance

Community members gather weekly in period costume to learn and perform 19th-century English ballroom dances at Alameda's Elks Lodge.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Heath Ledger knocked my tooth out jousting with a broom': how we made A Knight's Tale

I wrote and directed the Mel Gibson film Payback but got fired during post-production. It was my first film as director and I thought my career was over. It was during this downtime that I wrote A Knight's Tale. I loved the idea that jousting tournaments were medieval sports, but I had never figured out what to do with it.
Film
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

7 Secrets of the Bridgerton Sets-and Why Season 4 Is the Show's Most Ambitious Yet

There was so much to do, and it really pushed the team right to the very limits. The new backlot at Shepperton had to be intricately designed and constructed to transport actors back in time to Georgian-era England with horse-drawn carriages trotting down worn cobblestone roads. Then we also had to design the Queen's World set of rooms, which was an absolutely enormous undertaking.
Television
History
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Romance and costumes: Why Bay Area 'nerds' are turning to 19th century ballroom dance

A community Regency ballroom class recreates 19th-century dance, costumes, and social etiquette under experienced instructors, attracting enthusiasts who dress and dance in period style.
fromLondon On The Inside
2 months ago

Dracula's High-Tech Resurrection:Why Cynthia Erivo's performance at the Noel Coward is being called the most 'technologically daring' production in West End history

When Cynthia Erivo steps onto the Noel Coward Theatre stage on February 4th, she won't just be playing Dracula. She'll be playing Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray, Lucy Westenra, Van Helsing, and nineteen other characters from Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece. All in one night. All by herself. The ambition alone would be noteworthy, but director Kip Williams has engineered something more extraordinary. The appeal reaches audiences of all ages seeking immersive spectacle, all drawn by the promise of technology serving storytelling rather than overshadowing it.
fromianVisits
3 months ago

Pikes at the Palace: English civil war re-enactors to march through London

So, on Sunday 25th January, members of the reenactment society will converge on The Mall from all across the country, some arriving already dressed in buff coats and broad-brimmed hats, others changing into period clothing on arrival. There are pikes to be shouldered, muskets checked, and a few tentative practice swings as old drill is recalled, before the ranks are set and order restored.
History
Television
fromScary Mommy
1 month ago

Netflix's 'Pride & Prejudice' Teaser Proves The Yearnaissance Is Far From Over

Netflix is releasing a six-part Pride & Prejudice limited series in 2026 featuring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden, emphasizing slow-burn romance and tension between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
Arts
fromLondon Unattached
2 months ago

The Tempest - Sam Wanamaker Theatre, The Globe - Review

Tim Crouch’s candlelit Sam Wanamaker production casts Prospero as a magician and theatre-maker, emphasizing intimacy, conversational staging, forgiveness, and disrupted theatrical boundaries.
History
fromMedievalists.net
2 months ago

When were the Middle Ages? - Medievalists.net

The Middle Ages lack a single, natural start or end; appropriate boundaries depend on whether political, religious, economic, or cultural changes are prioritized.
Film
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Queen. Bowie. Heath Ledger. No wonder A Knight's Tale is a classic

A Knight's Tale uses anachronistic rock music and committed performance to energize medieval jousting and portray reinvention as authentic self-creation rather than deception.
Arts
fromTime Out London
1 month ago

Review: Dracula starring Cynthia Erivo at the Noel Coward Theatre

Kip Williams' film-heavy, pre-recorded video approach overwhelms Cynthia Erivo's live stage performance in a multi-role retelling of Bram Stoker's vampire novel.
fromBustle
1 month ago

Exclusive: Eloise's 'Bridgerton' Season Will Be "Very Different" In A Major Way

Some things are out of our control. But what is in our control, is our ability to support one another. And ensure that we do not allow fear to keep us from experiencing something that could be truly special.
Television
Film
fromThe Independent
2 months ago

Sir Ian McKellen hits out at 'improbable' Hamnet: 'I don't get it'

Sir Ian McKellen finds the film Hamnet's premise—that Shakespeare's creativity sprang mainly from family tragedy—improbable and doubts its depiction of Anne Hathaway's familiarity with plays.
Arts
fromVulture
1 month ago

Tom Hiddleston to Cross the Pond for Much Ado About Nothing

Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell's Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Jamie Lloyd, transfers from the West End to Broadway for ten weeks this fall.
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

Shakespeare's Globe has announced its 2026 summer season

First up then is Emily Lim's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs April 23 to August 29. Keen-eyed observers may note that there is currently a production of the same play running at the Globe's indoor Sam Wanamaker theatre. To put it bluntly, A Midsummer Night's Dream is big bucks at the box office, and there's an endless stream of things you can do to it.
fromVulture
1 month ago

Jack Lowden, Why Are You Darcy?

Mr. Darcy is its stern romantic lead. He has a massive income from his estate - 10,000 pounds a year - and, according to the novel's witty protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, just as large of a stick up his ass. Jane Austen was not one to go for lengthy physical descriptions of things, but we do know that when he enters a room, he draws people's attention with a "fine, tall person, handsome features," and a "noble mien."
Film
Television
fromBustle
2 months ago

Fans Spot A Surprising Connection Between 'Bridgerton' & 'Heated Rivalry'

Romantic cottage getaways deepen relationships by providing secluded spaces for couples to bond, plan futures, and share intimate lakeside moments.
Arts
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

Immersive theatre town experience Phantom Peak is opening a new venue in London

Phantom Peak will close its Canada Water outpost in February 2026 and relocate to a larger Stratford venue opening summer 2026.
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