Nicholai La Barrie’s tries to give the classic Shakespearean tale a modern twist but questions arise on whether they overdid the twist.

This January and February Moscow City Ballet are touring the UK with four ballets from their impressive repertoire. I was lucky enough to catch their performance of Romeo & Juliet at the Palace Theatre.

Coronation street star Julie Hesmondhalgh took Shakespeare’s much loved classic Romeo & Juliet to the grassy stage of the Bolton Parish Church gardens last week.

Manchester audiences will experience the romance and tragedy of a mysterious criminal underworld, in a site-specific reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.