The Telegraph — Charles Spencer reports back on the first use of the RSC's new theatre. Rating: Theatre: * * * * * ; King Lear: * * * more info

The Telegraph — How can Unwin's perfectly respectable but far from thrilling production compete with the National's superb Hamlet and the Donmar's outstanding King Lear? Rating: * * * more info

ContactMusic — Veteran actor SIR DEREK JACOBI will resume his U.K. tour of KING LEAR in Belfast, Northern Ireland after he was forced to bow out of three sold-out performances in Wales over the weekend (25-27Feb11) due to voice problems.The Brit is taking his accla... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonDepicting the traumatic relationship between a Byzantine general and his murderous wife, Donizetti's Belisario has invited comparison with Macbeth – Shakespeare's as well as Verdi's. After this fine concert performance f... more info

Guardian Music — Opera Explained: La Traviata and the SmartPass Guide to King LearOpera Explained: An Introduction to Verdi – La Traviata, by Thomson Smillie, read by David Timson (68mins, Naxos, £5.95)Enlightenment for the price of a pizza, Italy's other great gi... more info

Guardian Music — London-based theatre awards to be broadcast on TV for the first time as organisers revamp ceremony in bid to rival TonysAndrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, mauled by some critics when it was first staged, was today nominated for seven Olivier awar... more info

The Telegraph — The Donmar Warehouse's cinema screening of King Lear was fraught with perils, but the evening ended far from tragedy. more info

ContactMusic — Veteran actor SIR DEREK JACOBI's performance in a London production of KING LEAR was cut short on Monday (03Jan11) when a power cut plunged the theatre into darkness.The sold-out Shakespeare play, starring Jacobi as the tortured monarch, was in full ... more info

Scotsman.com — The role of King Lear is a vertiginous challenge that only the most accomplished actors dare climb. Vast in its emotional range, it requires an old man's gravitas and a yo more info

The Telegraph — Sir Derek Jacobi doesn't believe Shakespeare wrote 'King Lear' - but he's still given one of the greatest performances in the role, says William Langley. more info