Julius Caesar

Two first rate counter-tenors appear in this new production of Handel’s masterpiece.

Works from the 18th to 20th centuries make this a bumper packed season.

Shakespeare’s political thriller pulses with vibrant freshness in this African setting from the RSC.

Friends, Londonists, commuters,
Lend me your eyes.
I come to praise Caesar, not to bury it.
The good that men do lives on after them,
Their works oft inspire and amaze.
So let it be with Shakespeare…

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A classic piece of political theatre was played out yesterday in the Commons when George Galloway, the raging MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, was suspended for some decidly murky funding links to Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. In the debate leading up to the …

… is pretty fugly. Judging by how it chooses to be presented on the small screen, at any rate. Take Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (Wed 9pm C4): We’re not denying that it’s entertaining. It is hugely entertaining, especially when Gordon picks on twattish City trader …

Julius Caesar has never been Londonist’s favourite slice of Shakespeare, but a mouth watering preview of Deborah Warner’s new production in yesterday’s Observer grabbed our attention. First off, the onstage action makes a nice foil for the dull political shenanigans going on in the real …