Category: Shakespeare

Posted in Barbican Theatre Cheek By Jowl Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: The Tempest / Буря, Cheek By Jowl at the Barbican

“The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance” My first Cheek By Jowl production was Macbeth…

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Nominations for 2010-2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards

John Gassner Playwriting Award Matthew López, After the Revolution Matthew López, The Whipping Man Kim Rosenstock, Tigers…

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Review: Richard II, Tobacco Factory

“Weak men must fall, for heaven still guards the right” Trekking out to Bristol’s Tobacco Factory to…

Posted in Not-London RSC Shakespeare Theatre UK

Re-review: Romeo & Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

“If love be rough with you, be rough with love” So having managed to stand through King…

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Review: King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

“A man may see how this world goes with no eyes”   A double bill of Shakespeare…

Posted in Film Shakespeare Theatre

DVD Review: Macbeth

This filmed version of Macbeth follows on from the well-received Hamlet, starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart,…

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2011 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – Royal Court End of the Rainbow by Peter…

Posted in Not-London Propeller Shakespeare Sheffield Theatres Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011 UK

Review: The Comedy of Errors, Propeller at Sheffield Lyceum

“Men, all divine, the masters of all these” It is not often that I start off reviews…

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre Union Theatre

Review: Double Falsehood, Union Theatre

“I invite thee, consuming desolation, to this temple” Well it is not so much desolation that can…