The Who-Was-Shakespeare Wars: Janet Suzman Slams Rylance And Jacobi For Oxfordian Nonsense

“Dame Janet Suzman, who has played an extensive range of leading parts in Shakespeare’s dramas, has launched an outspoken attack on her fellow Shakespearean actors Sir Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance for giving succour to ‘conspiracy theories’ that the world’s most famous playwright was not the sole author of his works.”

Women Choreographers Are Finally Reaching The Top Rungs Of UK Dance’s Ladder

Just three years ago, the British dance world was arguing over “why an art form that used to boast a profusion of female talent had ended up with most of its high-profile choreographers being male … Things have begun to change. Partly, a crop of new work has appeared with xx chromosomes firmly embedded in it; partly, programmers have sharpened their focus.”

Ghosts In The Museum? No, Those Are Just The Tenants

“A couple of tourists wander through a quiet woodcarving exhibit. They stare intently at a carved eagle and various tools kept behind glass. What they don’t know — until he tromps downstairs — is that 60-year-old Tom Richter lives upstairs. With his easy grin, bare feet, cut-off khakis and baggy T-shirt, he looks kind of like he walked out of a Jimmy Buffet song.”