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  • Review of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Regent’s Open Air Theatre, 2026): “Rustic production comes out too mechanical”

    Review of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Regent’s Open Air Theatre, 2026): “Rustic production comes out too mechanical”

    Comparisons are odious. But what else can you do if two major productions of arguably Shakespeare’s most popular comedy are running in London at the same time? Especially, if one of them is faultless and all you can say about the other, if you want to be kind, is that at least they tried. And…

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    1 July, 2026
    English contents, Reviews
    a midsummer night's dream, Amelia Gabriel, classic theatre, damien james, Dumile Sibanda, Evie Jones, georgia bruce, Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Hiftu Quasem, Issam Al Ghussain, Jenny Rainsford, Misia Butler, Nadeem Islam, Neil D’Souza, nick bottom, oberon, Olivier Huband, puck, Rachel Barnes, regent’s open air theatre, Rori Hawthorn, shakespeare, shakespeare comedy, Terique Jarrett, the bard, titatania
  • Director Nancy Medina talks new London production of ‘Choir Boy’: “The world makes black and brown boys men before they are men”

    Director Nancy Medina talks new London production of ‘Choir Boy’: “The world makes black and brown boys men before they are men”

    Following a successful inaugural run at the Bristol Old Vic, the production travels to London’s Theatre Royal Stratford East for a limited run until the end of April. Guillermo Nazara chats with the director to learn more about her approach to the piece and how this 2012 play resonates in today’s world more than ever.…

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    26 March, 2026
    English contents, Interviews, Sin categoría
    black british awards, black theatre, bristol old vic, choir boy, Daon Broni, Freddie MacBruce, Khalid Daley, Martin Turner, Michael Ahomka-Lindsay, nancy medina, Rabi Kondé, stratford east, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Terique Jarrett, theatre royal stratford east

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