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Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. (credit: Tor/Orbit) Author Ann Leckie may not be the first to explore the consequences of ruling sentient beings and dueling AIs within a book, though her award-winning sci-fi novel Ancillary Justice and its sequels suggested there were still new storytelling ideas in the conceit. For instance, what if that dystopian-future lens […]
The actor, who played Jim Moriarty alongside Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, appeared in the Shakespeare theatre production in London last year. The production also stars Angus Wright as Claudius, Jessica Brown Findlay as Ophelia and Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude. Directed by Robert Icke, the modern-dress show was filmed during the 2017 run at the Almeida Theatre […]
The actor will be directed by Kenneth Branagh in the Shakespearean classic, which runs from September 1 to 23 only as a fundraiser for the drama school. It’ll be staged in the 160-seat Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, meaning tickets will be very limited indeed. A ballot for tickets is set to open at midday today, August […]
Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a pre-investigation check into the actions of police officers after a video of a crying boy being forcefully led away and shoved into a police car in central Moscow gained the attention of the online community and human rights advocates. The boy, who is reportedly nine or ten years old, […]
Oscar Isaac has been set to play Hamlet (in a Sam Gold-directed production of Shakespeare’s story of Danish royal familial atrocities) for a while, after some false starts and the declaration of a move from the Theatre for a New Audience to the Public Theater. Finally, The Public has officially announced the plans for the […]
