Category: Shakespeare

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Review: The Tempest, Shakespeare’s Globe

“The isle is full of noises” It’s always nice to be surprised by a night at the…

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Review: Othello, National Theatre

“Demand me nothing: what you know, you know” Though I’ve been to the theatre a fair bit…

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Barely-a-Review: Richard III, Radio 3

“So wise, so young, they say, do never live long” I picked on this radio adaptation of…

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Review: Macbeth, Trafalgar Studios

“Stay you imperfect speakers, tell me more” What is it that makes a hit? Jamie Lloyd’s Macbeth,…

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Winners of the 2013 What’s On Stage Awards

THE DIGITAL THEATRE BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY WINNER – Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic…

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Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

“Hang the trifle, woman” I think I only made it Stratford once last year, partly a consequence…

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Review: Julius Caesar, Donmar Warehouse

“There is a tide in the affairs of men” In a year when the Globe has gathered…

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2013 What’s On Stage Award nominations

THE DIGITAL THEATRE BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic Billie Piper…

Posted in Not-London Propeller Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2012 UK Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Review: Twelfth Night, Propeller at Yvonne Arnaud

“What kind of woman is’t?” In what is now a bit of a tradition (although I was…