Over 40 years after his breakthrough at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the actor tackles Chekhov and the Bard in two ...

Laura Wade’s staging looks ‘beguiling’ but fails to mine the play’s ‘heartbreaking depth’ ...

Kenneth Branagh is a master of the Shakespearean stage but things haven't always gone swimmingly for the Oscar-winning star of the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) upcoming version of The Tempest.

Kenneth Branagh is returning to the stage for his new Shakespeare production. The 62-year-old, who is a devout fan of the Bard, will director and star in a new production of King Lear. The adaptation ...

Sir Kenneth Branagh is returning to the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first time in more than three decades, in what the RSC's artistic directors are calling a "once-in-a-generation theatrical ...

When you think of Kenneth Branagh, you think Shakespeare. You think performances with gravitas, or the operatic comic book fare of Thor, or the tender coming-of-age drama of Belfast. You don’t, ...

As striking as Branagh is, he's still very much part of a cohesive company effort (something the RSC does well) in the ...

It makes sense that Kenneth Branagh idolizes Sir Laurence Olivier. After all, both actors have directed themselves in Shakespeare’s plays on stage and screen, including “Henry V.” In fact, early in ...

What does a consummate Shakespeare-trained actor and director do after Shakespeare? There is no true “after Shakespeare,” of course, even allowing for the trend cycles of popular filmmaking. The ...

Kenneth Branagh’s All is True felt like a surprise. Released on December 21 with no festival play running up to it, preceded by a trailer launch not for this film but for Branagh’s upcoming big-budget ...

Sir Kenneth Branagh considers the arts to be a "British super-power to be proud of". The 64-year-old actor has enjoyed a hugely successful career on stage and screen, and Kenneth thinks more money ...