To watch Deep Azure is to feel a double loss. The death of Prince Jones, the black student who was shot dead by a police officer in a case of mistaken identity, and the death of his friend, Chadwick ...
Taken from a John le Carré quotation (“Espionage is the secret theatre of our society”), the title sets us up for Smiley dressed in doublet and hose, and the transposition doesn’t disappoint.
The late actor’s writing was overshadowed by roles in blockbusters. Now, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is giving his play about grief the audience it deserves ...
Lyrical, sometimes surreal and charged equally with rage and joy, this relentlessly imaginative verse-drama from late actor Chadwick Boseman was inspired in part by the real-life ...
This week I saw Chadwick Boseman’s play Deep Azure, writes Rosy Hosking, directed by Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, at the Sam ...
Long before he became a worldwide star redefining the notion of heroism in Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman made a different kind of impact with this extraordinary play. Written in 2005, it blends ...
Go inside the mind of Shakespeare's grief stricken prince as Hamlet is performed in the intimate confines of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for the first time, directed by Sean Holmes. A country under ...
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, now at the Sam Wanamaker Theatre on London’s Southbank, might seem to make for oddly out-of-season fare. Yet the play itself conjures calendric confusion and ...
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the first shows in its new season for the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and Globe Theatre, running from November 2025 to January 2026. Romeo a Juliet runs from 5 to 8 ...