English actor knighted for services to drama
A Fra Fee-led writer confronts Liberace’s legend in a meta-stage piece at Pitlochry, as Simon Russell Beale delivers a luminous Liberace and a rising Wallace musical expands the Scottish stage, with The Whaler’s Wife offering a counterpoint of women’s history.
The Royal Shakespeare Company has opened The Mad King, a Game of Thrones prequel, in Stratford-upon-Avon. The 3h45m production brings younger versions of familiar figures to the stage with a 36-strong cast and innovative puppetry. Reviews are mixed on pace and poetry, but the project aims to broaden GoT’s reach beyond devoted fans.