In 2016, as part of our Shakespeare 400 commemorations, we invited the public to submit short play skits inspired by the works of the Bard. In this interview we talk to Ali Kemp and Deborah Klayman, the co-founders of Whoop ānā Wail Theatre Company, who won our competition with their winning entry ‘My Bloody Laundrette’. […]
Read MoreThis opens up a whole new world of opportunities for subtle cross-technology flirting. But cyberbullying is real, people… Though when that ends badly at least you can spend your 21st century exile catching up on Serial while missing your girlfriend. Yeah, Balthasar messed up. Instantaneous connection isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be. Too […]
Read MoreTo honor the distance we've come and the things that have stayed the same in the 450 years since Shakespeare was born, we've recreated Romeo and Juliet in iMessages and Tweets. Two of the most famous fictional teenagers of the last four hundred years would have fit right in to our digital universe. If only Juliet got service in the Capulet crypt and Romeo had thought to check his phone.
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