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Forests

Director Calixto Bieito talks about creating Forests for the World Shakespeare Festival, and shows preparations for the production. Contains some nudity.

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Shakespeare's Confessions

Gillian Wearing, British conceptual artist and Turner Prize Winner, created the film Shakespeare’s Confessions with actors peforming Shakespeare's confessional monolgues to camera.

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Tom Piper on Much Ado About Nothing

Lindsey Dryden’s short film captures Designer Tom Piper in the final few days of creating his set, before the play opens to the public and his design is revealed to the world.

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I, Cinna (the poet) free to view online

Young people and teachers can now watch I, Cinna (the poet) online, at home or in the classroom as part of World Shakespeare Festival TV on Read full story

Q&A with directors of Pericles

Directors of Pericles, James Farrell and Jamie Rocha Allan, talk about their experiences working with an amateur cast and bringing the production to life. The production opens on Friday 5 October in The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.  

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Much Ado About Nothing transfers to London

The RSC production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Iqbal Khan, transfers from Stratford-upon-Avon to the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End from 22 September.

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