WHO IS SHAKESPEARE'S BEST CHARACTER? Our elite panel of judges (plus some fan voting) determines the winner in this year's IDES OF MARCH MADNESS tournament bracket...and the answer may surprise you!
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On the Podcast: Ben Crystal talks about his friendly guide SHAKESPEARE ON TOAST, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary and which Ben is taking into the social media space (though not B'sky, apparently). HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/04/shak...
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Thanks for coming! Tell both your friends!
Speaking of the video...here 'tis! youtu.be/1A6ED9q2Xrg?...
THIS WEEK: Podcast Whisperer Matthew Croke returns to discuss the current state of podcasting and how we're boldly going where so many have gone before – into video. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/04/rsc-...
LET THE MADNESS BEGIN! Our elite panel of judges debates the merits of Shakespeare’s top 64 characters in the first two rounds of this year’s Ides of March Madness tournament! HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/03/ides...
On the Podcast: Mike Tucker, head of Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation @cssf-uk.bsky.social, reveals his youthful beauty tips PLUS why Shakespeare specifically, and theatre generally, is not a luxury, but a training-ground for democracy. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)!
Now on YouTube, Ronan Hatfull discusses his new book "Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduced Shakespeare Company," the 1st full-length study of...US! RSC fans can get a 35% discount by applying code RSC at the publisher's website (link in replies). @americantheatre.org
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Braving the snow to see @reduced.bsky.social perform All the Great Books (Abridged) with favorite @austintichenor.bsky.social.
“And thus, the whirligig of time…”
Out today!
'Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduced Shakespeare Company' by Ronan Hatfull is the first dedicated historical study of the Reduced Shakespeare Company @reduced.bsky.social, exploring the troupe’s four major Shakespearean works over the past four decades.
https://bit.ly/4rs1wLU
May the Bard be with you! Tour dates here: completeworkstour.co.uk/complete-wor...
On this week's Podcast: Meet the new RSC actors setting off to perform "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" in 29 cities across the UK, starting TONIGHT! HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2026/02/new-...
To celebrate our 1000th podcast, we've put the whole live conversation up on YouTube. Here, Annoyance Theatre founder Mick Napier confesses the double-edged sword of their breakout hit "Co-Ed Prison Sluts: The Musical." Watch the whole thing here! youtu.be/KzxAQBBm8HE?...
It's the 1000th episode of the world's oldest weekly theatre podcast. To celebrate, we chat with Mick Napier (Exit 57) and Jennifer Estlin, the founding artistic and executive director of Chicago's groundbreaking Annoyance Theatre. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org
On 2/2, celebrate the RSC Podcast's 1000th episode with a LIVE RECORDING at Chicago's Annoyance Theatre, where @austintichenor.bsky.social will interview Mick Napier & Jennifer Estlin, Annoyance's founder & exec director. JOIN US! @americantheatre.org Tix: theannoyance.thundertix.com/events/259355
Pretty sure we could hear you!
On the Podcast this week: We end the year with the unabridged audio of our 1995 public radio broadcast, “The Reduced Shakespeare Company Christmas,” complete with one or two 30-year-old problematic jokes and racist accents. HEAR HERE! www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/12/the-...
On the Pod: Jon Hudson Odom and Helen Joo Lee reveal how they bring 21st-century joy and identities to Dickens's iconic couple in this year's @goodmantheatre.bsky.social production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. God bless us, every one. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org
On the Pod: A CHRISTMAS CAROL @goodmantheatre.bsky.social is in its 48th year & actor/musician Greg Hirte, who's been in it for 25 of those years, reveals why he keeps coming back year after year. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org
cartoon: 2 panel cartoon. Panel 1: close up of a volume dial going past 11 to a caricature of Rob Reiner Panel 2: Spinal Tap in concert This one goes to Heaven.
Cartoon: "This one goes to Heaven." With thanks to @thegreatlukeski.bsky.social for the tribute idea :)
Folger Shakespeare Library director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper joined @reduced.bsky.social podcast to discuss her new book "All the World’s Your Stage, her surprising favorite Shakespeare play, Shakespearean mythbusting, and more!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
Love that we're still used as a reference point for new...wait, "...the OLD Reduced Shakespeare Company"??? WTF??
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THIS WEEK: Farah Karim-Cooper, director of the @folger.edu, discusses "All The World's Your Stage," her new book that explores Shakespeare's life and times through eight of his most famous plays, for readers of all ages. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org
Hey Washington and Oregon!
We're performing "The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)" on:
DECEMBER 3 – Edmonds WA
DECEMBER 4 – Olympia WA
DECEMBER 10 – Beaverton OR
DECEMBER 12 – Edmonds WA
Find links to the venues on our website here!
www.reducedshakespeare.com#tour
Very excited to be returning to the UK in 2026 with the show that started it all! #CompleteWorks #Shakespeare #CompleteShakespeare
