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Richard III
| THE OLD VIC: Sam Mendes directs Kevin Spacey in this bravura production of Shakespeare’s timeless play.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
| Big, loud and hugely entertaining, the latest film in the blockbuster franchise more than makes up for its disappointing predecessor.
Macbeth
| ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: A warlord unrivalled on the battlefield, Macbeth is rewarded with rank and favour by a grateful king.
Lullaby
| The Pit is transformed for a Duckie sleepover and a tranquil communal bedroom for an audience of dreamers.
Lord of the Flies
| OPEN AIR THEATRE: A laptop on the beach and rucksacks in the wreckage indicate that we are in the 21st century rather than Golding’s cold war world.
The Merchant of Venice
| THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: Rupert Goold’s re-telling of 'The Merchant of Venice' has been shifted from the Adriatic to across the Atlantic and into present times.
Cardenio
| SWAN THEATRE: 'Cardenio', in the revamped and restored Swan space at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon, is billed as “Shakespeare’s ‘Lost Play’ Re-Imagined”.
Little Eagles
| HAMPSTEAD THEATRE: The RSC kicked off its summer season with 'Little Eagles', a biography of Sergei Koryolov, Comrade Chief Designer of the Soviet space programme.
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