Category: Shakespeare

Posted in Barbican Theatre Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Richard II, Barbican

“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me” I am aware that I’m flying in the…

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre West End

Review: Henry V, Noël Coward Theatre

“What art thou, thou idle ceremony?” Early days for the final instalment in Michael Grandage’s season at…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Not-London Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: King Lear, Minerva

“I am even the natural fool of fortune”   Poly over at The Other Bridge Project asks…

Posted in Not-London Propeller Shakespeare Theatre UK Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Reviewer: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Propeller at Yvonne Arnaud

  “A manly enterprise” Propeller’s 2013/14 tour sees them revive their productions ofThe Comedy of Errors and…

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Henry the Fifth, Unicorn Theatre

“This is a story about a king” The Unicorn’s A Winter’s Tale, written by Ignace Cornelissen from…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Alan Bennett David Hare Digital Eugene O'Neill George Bernard Shaw Harold Pinter Howard Brenton Michael Frayn Musicals National Theatre Noël Coward Peter Shaffer Shakespeare Stephen Sondheim Tennessee Williams Theatre Tom Stoppard Tony Kushner

Review: National Theatre – Fifty Years on Stage

“We’ve got two hours to show the vast range of work the National has done over the…

Posted in Not-London RSC Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: All’s Well That Ends Well, RSC at Theatre Royal Newcastle

“Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear”   Whether considered a problem play or no, the…

Posted in Not-London RSC Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: As You Like It, RSC at Theatre Royal Newcastle

“I am that he, that poor unfortunate he” As You Like It is one of those plays…

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre TV

TV Review: Muse of Fire

“We found Shakespeare tough at school”  What a brilliant little film – tucked away on BBC4 but…