Thursday, August 21, 2025

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“The Horse of Jenin” and “Palestine: Peace de Resistance”, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
“MILES.”, Edinburgh Fringe
Hedda at Ustinov Studio, Bath
“Brigadoon”, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Every Brilliant Thing at @sohoplace

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“Hamlet”, Southwark Playhouse (Borough)

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“Romeo & Juliet”, Bard in the Botanics, Glasgow

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“The Merry Wives of Windsor” at the Globe Theatre

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Bridge Theatre

“Romeo and Juliet” at Globe Theatre

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“The Scientist Who Wasn’t There”, Joanne Briggs

[Joanne Briggs is an occasional contributor to this magazine. She has written a memoir of her father.] The Scientist Who

“John Macfarlane Theatre Design and Studio”

“What Was Shakespeare Really Like?” by Stanley Wells

“Theatre Spaces 1920-2020” by Iain Mackintosh

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“Make It Happen”, Edinburgh International Festival theatre review

Mark Brown in Edinburgh 3 August 2025 If you want to understand the current global instability – including the much-discussed

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