Even those of us who have seen dozens of interpretations can count the number which "worked" on the fingers of one hand, and veterans still recall Trevor Nunn's 1976 production for the RSC, starring ...

"Eccleston has always wanted to play Macbeth and there is something really interesting about his ultra-macho soldier, who rolls and swaggers around the stage, confident in his world. When he assumes ...

As previously announced, Reuben Joseph and Valene Kane will play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth respectively. They are joined by a cast of Scottish actors, many of whom are making their RSC debuts. Wils ...

The RSC has announced lead casting for its upcoming new production of Macbeth, which opens in mid-August. Reuben Joseph, last seen on stage in the West End production of Hamilton, will take on the ...

Macbeth will be broadcast live to cinemas on 11 April 2018 and will transfer to the Barbican as part of our London Season from October 2018 - January 2019. Let's see what the critics had to say... Ann ...

Dame Helen Mirren has expressed her profound excitement over a new Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) curriculum, designed to revolutionise the teaching of Shakespeare in UK secondary schools. The ...

Simon Godwin didn’t get the gig running the RSC, but this estimable director hasn’t let that clip the wings of his ambition. He has joined forces anew with Ralph Fiennes, with whom he worked at the ...

45-year-old heartthrob Sam Heughan handles the Bard’s verse well - Helen Murray Sam Heughan, the rugged Scottish star of Outlander, amply proves his mettle in his RSC debut as Macbeth, even if he and ...

Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heath. Driven by their disturbing prophecies, he sets out on the path to murder. This contemporary production of ...