Week beginning Monday 14 May
14/05/2012
A quick snapshot of the next seven days of the World Shakespeare Festival.
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A visit to Tokyo
11/05/2012
Head of Theatre at the Barbican, Toni Racklin, writes about her visit to Tokyo to see the Ninagawa Company in Cymbeline, with producer Thelma Holt.
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RSC launches WSF with new sonnet by Mark Ravenhill
23/04/2012
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The Royal Shakespeare Company launches the World Shakespeare Festival today with a new sonnet from Mark Ravenhill to mark Shakespeare’s 448th birthday and celebrate his role as the world’s playwright.
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WSF in the news
17/04/2012
A quick overview of some the coverage focusing on the Festival recently.
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Edinburgh International Festival public booking opens
22/03/2012
Public booking for Edinburgh International Festival 2012 opens on Saturday 24 March.
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Gregory Doran announced as new RSC Artistic Director
22/03/2012
Director of Julius Caesar for the World Shakespeare Festival, Gregory Doran, is to succeed Michael Boyd as Artistic Director at the RSC.
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International Women's Day
08/03/2012
Actors, directors and designers from the RSC's Nations at War season as part of the World Shakespeare Festival discuss whether there is a need for International Women's Day, and talk about women in theatre.
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Will Tuckett talks about West Side Story
18/01/2012
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Will Tuckett, director and choreographer of West Side Story at The Sage Gateshead, talks about the auditions process and what will be new and exciting about his production.
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Q&A with Jorge Ballina
09/01/2012
Mexican set designer, Jorge Ballina, talks about his work on A Soldier in Every Son - An Aztec Trilogy.
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North East Tickets On Sale
10/11/2011
Tickets are now on sale for all three North East World Shakespeare Festival venues - Northern Stage, The Sage Gateshead and Theatre Royal Newcastle, and you receive a discount if you book to see a show in each of the three venues.
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Follow the WSF journey
10/11/2011
Follow the World Shakespeare Festival journey with Festival Director Deborah Shaw's blog.
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West Side Story tickets go on sale
20/10/2011
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Tickets for a newly choreographed, full scale production of West Side Story at The Sage Gateshead, featuring talent from across the region and beyond, have now gone on sale.
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NTW read-through of Coriolanus in Cardiff
07/10/2011
The creative team behind National Theatre Wales' production of Coriolan/us met with a cast of fourteen actors for their first read through of the original play on Friday 7 October in Cardiff.
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Tickets On Sale for British Museum Exhibition
03/10/2011
Tickets are now on sale for Shakespeare: staging the world - The BP Exhibition, the major Exhibition at the British Museum from 19 July - 25 November 2012, as part of the World Shakespeare Festival....
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Troilus and Cressida - Video
19/09/2011
The Wooster Group post 'dailies' on their website - short videos giving an insight into the company and their day-to-day work. Watch one of the videos here and visit their website to browse all the dailies.
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World Shakespeare Festival announced
06/09/2011
Join us next summer to celebrate Shakespeare as the world’s playwright; an unprecedented collaboration with leading UK and international arts organisations, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Interview with WSF Director
05/09/2011
Video: World Shakespeare Festival Director, Deborah Shaw, talks about the Festival programme and what it’s been like working with artists from across the UK and around the world to create the Festival programme.
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King John interviews
Director of King John for at the RSC for WSF, Maria Aberg, and the cast talk about the production and rehearsal process.
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'Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises...'
Actors and athletes come together in a short film to celebrate the opening of the World Shakespeare Festival.
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What Country Friends Is This? cast news
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The Royal Shakespeare Company casts its trilogy of plays, What Country Friends Is This? – The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night and The Tempest – as part of the World Shakespeare Festival.
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