Tag: Gemma Lawrence

Posted in April De Angelis National Theatre News Richard Brinsley Sheridan Shakespeare Theatre

News: National Theatre reveals Othello and Kerry Jackson

The National Theatre has announced two further productions to be staged this winter, Shakespeare’s Othello and Kerry Jackson a new play…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Silent Witness TV

TV Review: Silent Witness Series 23

What the… Series 23 of Silent Witness maintains a rich vein of form but then really upends…

Posted in TV Waking the Dead

TV Review: Waking the Dead Series 7

Series 7 of Waking the Dead continues its golden era, with a walloping personal impact for Boyd …

Posted in Arcola Theatre Mike Bartlett Theatre Theatre review

Review: Not Talking, Arcola Theatre

This ‘new’ Mike Bartlett’ play is well-acted at the Arcola Theatre but Not Talking can’t quite hide…

Posted in Shakespeare Southwark Playhouse Theatre

Review: The Tempest, Southwark Playhouse

“Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments” The RSC may have Simon Russell Beale and cutting-edge digital technology but…

Posted in National Theatre Shakespeare Theatre

Review: As You Like It, National Theatre

“I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad” For…

Posted in Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Review: Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe

“How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping” Sometimes I have…

Posted in Not-London Patrick Hamilton Theatre UK

Review: Gaslight, Salisbury Playhouse

“Every night, I find myself waiting for something”  Fans of overwrought cod-Victorian melodrama are definitely in for…

Posted in August Strindberg Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The Father / The Broken Word, Radio 3/4

“Love between sexes is war” Laurie Slade’s adaptation of Strindberg’s The Father was commissioned for Coventry’s Belgrade…