Connected Cultures

Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon. Saturday 27th July 2019. This is a play where Shakespeare leaves us with more problems than he solves. That's what problem plays do. Astonishingly relevant and timely, Measure for Measure challenges patriarchy, injustice, misrule, abnegation of personal responsibility, abuse of power, sexual abuse, control of women. This is Shakespeare’s #MeToo play. Espousing the cause, Gregory Doran, Artistic Director, presents a bold, cutting

Probing nationality, race, gender and universality Much has been made of Richard as the great play about England. This seems rather bold. It certainly deals with sovereignty and politics and the transfer of power, and is so relevant to now, as well as to various other points in English history. Co-director Adjoa Andoh has gone wider in calling the play a “universal story”. A story about all of us. For all of us. But what is the actual storyline within Shakespeare’s play? The

The First Annual Connected Cultures Awards 2018 Recognising excellence, as perceived in the Connected Cultures world, defined by Montgomery C Burns (the Simpsons) as being: “the quality or condition of being excellent”. With these awards, then, we hereby recognise outstanding achievement in the field of being Excellent, in the following fields: 1. Theatre Winner: Michelle Terry – appointed in April as Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre. Awarded for creating an extensive,