Category: Shakespeare

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2015 What’s On Stage Award nominations

Best Actor In A Play Sponsored By Radisson Blu Edwardian David Tennant – Richard II  Mark Strong – A…

Posted in Richmond Theatre Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Twelfth Night, ETT at Richmond Theatre

“For women are as roses…” It is seriously impressive how sparklingly fresh Jonathan Mumby has managed to…

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Macbeth, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at the Ambassadors Theatre

“If it were done, when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well it were done quickly” There’s something a…

Posted in Cheek By Jowl Digital Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Cheek By Jowl’s As You Like It, screening at Noël Coward Theatre

“One man in his time plays many parts” Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of this particular production and…

Posted in Omnibus Theatre Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Macbeth, Omnibus and Clapham Common

“Upon this blasted heath you stop our way” Following handsome bearded men down shadowy paths has long…

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Review: Macbeth, London Welsh Centre

“I dare do all that may become a man” There’s something quite pleasing about the flourishing of…

Posted in Not-London RSC Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: Love’s Labour’s Won (Much Ado About Nothing), Royal Shakespeare Theatre

“I did not think I should live till I were married” In a brief programme note, Gregory…

Posted in Not-London RSC Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

“The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo. You that way: we this way”…

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Review: The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s Globe

“She is spherical – like a globe” There’s something lovely about the exposure that director Blanche McIntyre…