Following a second sold out West End run, the critically acclaimed production arrives at Leeds Playhouse from 18-22 February ...

Following a second sold out West End run, the critically acclaimed production arrives at Fareham Live from 4-8 March as part ...

“The quality of mercy is not strain'd,” says the character Portia, in William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” “It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven/Upon the place beneath.” Shakespeare’s ...

What this production – adapted by director Brigid Larmour and star (Shylock) Tracy-Ann Oberman – does is set us in London in 1936. It’s when Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists were on the rise ...

Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Rosa in Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? "In many of these, she acted alongside Laurence Olivier, her partner in art and ...

as characters from Venice begin to make their way to Portia’s Belmont home. Once Bassanio has triumphantly chosen the correct casket and claimed Portia as his bride, he receives a letter from Antonio ...

At the National, she played Portia to Olivier’s Shylock in The Merchant of Venice as well as roles including Masha in Three Sisters, Sonya in Uncle Vanya and the eponymous heroine of Shaw’s ...

Taking inspiration from Miley Cyrus’ hit song, the play follows an estate agent Natalie Jackson as she reflects on ...

Quite the opposite. Let William Shakespeare have the last word, from Portia’s speech in “The Merchant of Venice”: "The quality of mercy is not strained/ It droppeth as the gentle rain from ...

The Olivier Award-winning actress on making the jump from the West End to primetime TV in BBC One’s new period drama, Miss ...