Entertainment ❯ Arts

Literature

Authors Poetry Shakespeare Children's Literature Adaptations Playwrights Playwriting Fairy Tales Fiction Festivals

James Norton Cast as Hamlet for Thomas Ostermeier’s West End Production

The appointment brings Ostermeier’s long-running German Hamlet to London in an English-language staging that signals a major West End transfer.

Duncan Sheik’s Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen Sets Fall Off-Broadway Premiere at The Night Egg

Stuckrad-Barre Reissues Expanded Udo Lindenberg Lexicon Ahead of 80th Birthday

Sandfall Drops Legal Threat Over 'L’Académie Clair-Obscur' Comic

Sara Bareilles’ The Interestings Musical to Premiere at Berkeley Rep in 2027

Philippe Lacheau’s Marsupilami Opens in France to Polarized Reviews

Queen Camilla Marks Reading Room’s Fifth Anniversary With Five-Minute Reading Drive

Chris Pine to Star in Simon Stone’s Ivanov at London’s Bridge Theatre in Summer 2026

Jaime Siles Wins 22nd Federico García Lorca International Poetry Prize

Miriam Reyes Wins Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize for 'Con'

Latitude Festival Opens at Henham Park as Weekend Passes Sell Out

Telugu Lyricist Siva Shakthi Datta, Father of Oscar-Winner MM Keeravaani, Dies at 92

China Arrests Over 30 Women Authors of ‘Danmei’ in Latest Obscenity Crackdown

41st Brüder Grimm Festspiele Open with Musical Premiere in Hanau

Rare Complete Set of Shakespeare’s Folios to Be Auctioned in London

Bill Nighy Admits to Stealing Shakespeare for Drama School Audition

Hay Festival Ends Sponsorship with Baillie Gifford Amid Controversy