5 Queer Slices of the Ancient World

To celebrate LGBTQ+ history month, we’ve thrown the spotlight on the ancient world, showcasing stories and figures that resonate with queer identities and life experiences today. True, it is impossible to exactly map our contemporary world onto the past – particularly when the gap is pushing at least two thousand Read more…

Rory Kinnear and Anne Marie Duff in Macbeth

Macbeth, Again

Last night I went to see the National Theatre’s production of Macbeth. It has been described as “the worst Shakespeare production at the NT for at least a decade” (see a roundup of reviews here) – and, having now seen it for myself, it’s got me to thinking. The National Read more…

How to curse

It’s been a grim week in politics (at least for some). Here, our co-artistic director David Bullen shares his thoughts… Last week we performed Margaret of Anjou, a reinvention of Shakespeare’s first tetralogy. In the programme we noted the parallels in the play with the American presidential election: Margaret is Read more…

Shakespeare isn’t for you

This week on the By Jove blog, something we’ve not had in a while: a good, old-fashioned RANT, courtesy of our co-artistic director, David Bullen… This week Shakespeare’s Globe announced that their artistic director, Emma Rice, is to step down in 2018 after producing a mere two seasons at the Read more…

#NastyWoman

With less than two weeks to go until the opening of our Season of Violent Women, co-artistic director David Bullen explores why we might have to think about renaming the whole thing… The current race to be the next president of the USA has historic significance: for the first time Read more…