As Shakespeare’s king, Conleth Hill is at his best when the storm is up and the brain befuddled. But this staging is short on ...

Discover the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production 'Kunene and the King,' a powerful exploration of trust and ...

We don’t get many productions of Shakespeare in Dublin, so the Gate tackling King Lear is most welcome. It is the story of ...

Read our review of King Lear at Dublin's Gate Theatre. This take on Shakespeare’s formidable human tragedy features an ...

Sometimes it takes a dark period to fully appreciate aspects of life that we often take for granted. The arts are no ...

At Shakespeare Theatre Company, “Kunene and the King” attempts to capture the legacy of South African racism with an unlikely ...

Shakespeare's King Lear is a tragedy. King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters. His daughters Goneril and Regan, pay homage to the king in order to gain his favor and their ...

I’m trying hard to be optimistic about the country’s government. At times it seems like a madcap tragicomedy featuring Trump, multicolored hair and pumpkin-colored face, at once oblivious, but also ...

Or when a patriarch succumbs to flattery over a more difficult truth? Shakespeare asks these questions and more in King Lear, his study of political vacuums and family dynamics. The ageing King ...

Sports have played an important role in the lives of the two actors, Michael Blake, who plays the writer intent on creating a ...

There are echoes of Hamlet in Richard’s reflective soliloquy on landing back in Wales, and of King Lear in his character arc. The ruthless plotting and politicking – opponents here are dispatched with ...