Shakespeare

Perhaps the most unusual production of the season, Timon/Titus takes the key themes of Shakespeare’s classical tragedies Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus and propels them into a contemporary spotlight. Focusing on the highly relevant themes of debt, family, tradition, race, gender, cultural exploitation, and of course revenge, the...

Curiously abstract and startlingly original, Timon/Titus is a savage exploration of the themes of debt and guilt. Based loosely around the Shakespearean tragedies Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus, this new play presents the audience with a series of stark moral questions, each depicted through multiple layers of outright...

If you’ve ever been for a stroll down London’s South Bank, whether to visit the Tate Modern, take photos of the tourist-enthralling skyline, or just for a breath of fresh air, you’ve probably walked past the neat, almost-round, mock-Tudor Globe theatre, a near-perfect replica of the one that the...

In response to our recent controversial article, which asked if Shakespeare is that big a deal any more, Impact Arts’ Esther has a very decided opinion… For the ‘Credulous Fools’ Who Dare Challenge Shakespeare: This ‘upstart crow’ that you refer to Whose reputation you’ve marred Wrote 154 sonnets for his true...

On his birthday, Impact Arts asks a controversial question… Is Shakespeare even that big a deal? Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve read and watched my fair share of Shakespeare, and I can’t say that I don’t enjoy it now and then but this worship of the man has...

We all know Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, where cross-dressing and confused twins abound. Here, Impact Arts’ resident creative writing genius Esther Kearney brings Viola and Sebastian into the twenty-first century. She woke up on the yacht, feeling more than a little intoxicated and with no recollection of the past five hours. She...

It may have taken an eternity, but I managed to read all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets and to agonisingly reduce them to my top 5 favourites. For various reasons, these 5 are the best of the bunch. But that’s my opinion… Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage...