Expert Comment
Paapa Essiedu is the first black actor to play Hamlet for the RSC, Dr Jami Rogers is available to comment
Previewing on 12th March at the RSC, Paapa Essiedu is the first black actor to play Hamlet for the RSC and only the seventh BAME performer to have played Hamlet in the UK since 1930.
Rupert Murdoch attack: The power of a custard pie
A protester disrupted Rupert Murdoch's appearance before MPs, allegedly attacking the media tycoon with an improvised custard pie. According to Baz Kershaw, professor of performance at Warwick University, such stunts tap into a centuries-old mechanism for mocking those in positions of authority.