According to the Porter in William Shakespeare's Macbeth "Drink sir, is a great provoker of three things….nose painting, sleep and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire but takes away the performance." It's a pretty damning judgement but the ladies and gents of Magnificent Bastards Productions would disagree.

Our Guest Editor this week is Stacey Norris - one of the Magnificent Bastards. They've devised a simple yet potent concept: Sh*t-faced Shakespeare. What?! They perform the Bards classics, with one member of the cast utterly blottoed, drunk. Very drunk.

It's popular. They've gone global. Madness. They open their version of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Leicester Square Theatre this week. In her interview with Run Riot Stacey tells us about their work - in detail. Before reading, please remember to enjoy Shakespeare responsibly.

Calling all contemporary theatre lovers looking for an excuse to visit Bristol - meet Matthew Austin, co-Artistic Director of Mayfest who tells us about this years vibrant line-up. Closer to home, read about new band Black Orchids who are playing Stage 3 (Hackney Empire) on 29 April. Fans of PJ Harvey will be chuffed her latest album is number one in the charts! Watch the video for The Community of Hope here. This weekend the UK Green Film Festival launches at the Barbican - watch the trailer here.

For competitions - browse our Offers page. As for the Best of the rest - rummage through our genre-bending pages where you'll find plenty of haut happenings!

Here's to wishing you a totally raucous week dear Player! Bottoms up! RRxx