"Dido and Aeneas" is Virgil’s story of Queen Dido of Carthage, who falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas but is abandoned ...

The Oswego Players will bring Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to life this spring at the Frances Marion Brown Theatre. Full of rich characters portrayed by talented cast ...

Totodile receives an impressive makeover thanks to one creative fan artist, reimagining the Water-type Pokemon as a musical ...

Alex found his love of literature after a short prison stint for his involvement in the 1981 Brixton uprising. He later became known by the pen name "the Brixton Bard", after writing plenty of ...

Alex Wheatle, ‘the Bard of Brixton’, who rose from tough beginnings to become an award-winning novelist He was partly saved by his love of reading: ‘When I read in bed it transported my mind ...

Alex Wheatle, the “Brixton Bard” who wrote the Crongton Knights books and inspired a film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, has died aged 62. Alex’s family shared a statement confirming ...

The author, who was known as the “Brixton Bard”, was diagnosed with the condition ... He leaves an incredible legacy. Lots of love to those who were closest to him. Rest in peace and glory ...

He was awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2008. Wheatle’s family issued a short statement: “It is with great sadness we inform you that Alex Wheatle, our ‘Brixton Bard’, sadly passed away on ...

It transpires that the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which owns a number of buildings in the bard’s hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon, is working on plans to ensure the writer’s place of origin will be ...

To be — or most definitely — not to be. Regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, some of William Shakespeare’s work is now viewed by critics as racist, sexist and ...

Call me partisan, but Avant Bard’s scrappy home team ... And I swear I wanted to love this experiment. Kaja Dunn’s staging does at least make a nice (if crowded) showcase for its three ...