Coriolanus review – David Oyelowo keeps you waiting and Es Devlin’s design is to die for
The drama is underpowered until the end but what Lyndsey Turner’s production lacks in feeling it makes up in style
September 2020
'An amazing force': Ralph Fiennes on Barbara Jefford's power and passion
In plays by Pirandello and Shakespeare, Jefford – who has died aged 90 – displayed incredible precision, says her co-star
May 2020
Lockdown culture
Coriolanus review – orgiastic frenzy in a modern-day setting
André Sills dominates the stage as a leader hungry for battle in Robert Lepage’s up-to-date take on Shakespeare’s tragedy
March 2020
Coriolanus review – political powerplay that packs a punch
An arrogant elite, populist fury … Robert Hastiecharts the rise and fall of Tom Bateman’s hero with a modern-day edge
Hail, Coriolanus! The greatness of Shakespeare's shape-shifting epic
From Olivier’s strangled fury to Ralph Fiennes’ Oedipal embraces, this complex political play is extraordinarily flexible
The recipe for realistic theatre gore? Jelly, oatmeal and raw meat
From cat brains to dismembered tongues, the teams behind theatre’s bloodiest shows reveal how they made audiences shriek with horror and delight
September 2017
Coriolanus/Dido, Queen of Carthage review – Shakespeare and Marlowe do battle
This well-matched pair of tragedies in the RSC’s Rome season give us strong images, unforgettable lines, probing psychology – and a lot of blood
April 2017
Coriolanus Vanishes review – shape-shifting portrait of a man on the run
In this exquisite solo piece, with parallels to Shakespeare’s play, the writer and performer David Leddy gets under the skin of an outsider
April 2016
How we staged Shakespeare
'He's a total monster, but society needs him': power and politics in Coriolanus
Director Ivo van Hove describes how he turned Shakespeare’s Roman plays into a six-hour study of murder, mistrust and the modern-day media
June 2015
Michelle Dockery, Dominic West and Janet McTeer to star in Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Donmar Warehouse in London to revive Christopher Hampton’s play, adapted from the erotically charged French novel
August 2014
Manfred Wekwerth obituary
German theatre director who staged notable productions of the plays of Bertolt Brecht
January 2014
Coriolanus at National Theatre Live: cut the chat and get on with the show
Ryan Gilbey: The Donmar's production starring Tom Hiddleston was a thriller in the cinema but it didn't need all the DVD extras with it
Theatre blog
British Shakespeare productions need more than scene-stealing stars
Coriolanus, King Lear and Richard II have all been hot tickets - but possibly not for all the right reasons
Donmar Warehouse extends Coriolanus run – using ticket ballot
Access to tickets for extra performances of acclaimed production starring Tom Hiddleston will be determined by online draw
December 2013
Coriolanus; Stephen Ward; Oliver! – review
Coriolanus – review
November 2013
Birgitte Sørensen: power player
Best known for her role in Danish drama Borgen, Birgitte Sørensen is about to take to the British stage in Coriolanus. She tells Mark Lawson about doing Shakespeare by Skype and bowing out of a TV phenomenon
August 2013
The Tragedy of Coriolanus – review
On-stage heavy metal bands gave bite to the Beijing People's Art Theatre's production of the Shakespeare tragedy, writes Clare Brennan
The Tragedy of Coriolanus – Edinburgh festival 2013 review
Beijing People's Art Theatre go for bombast, but slack pacing and an underused chorus leave it more mediocre than menacing
The Kidderminster Affair, Tosca, Eh Joe: what to see at the theatre this week
The Kidderminster Affair | Tosca | Eh Joe | A Little Hotel On The Side | The Tragedy Of Coriolanus | Bonnie And Clyde
