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What Would Shakespeare Do?
With the EU Referendum looming, Samantha Simmonds considers an age-old political question: What Would Shakespeare Do?
Read More »Hamlet, The Cockpit – Review
A fresh and more humanised version of a timeless classic, good but not particularly memorable.
Read More »Much Ado About Nothing, The Rose Playhouse – Review
A fast-paced, funny and moving piece of punchy Shakespeare.
Read More »Henry V, Middle Temple Hall – Review
A superb adaptation of what could have been a dry play, full of emotion that could be seen clearly in such an intimate setting.
Read More »Twelfth Night, The French Protestant Church, Soho Square – Review
Pros: An unusual setting and superb performances that made great use of the venue’s features. Cons: Scena Mundi’s production took a while to hit its stride and was possibly twenty minutes too long. Plus the pew seating really needed cushions. Is there such a phrase as ‘modern traditional’? If not, maybe this production from Scena Mundi Theatre Company should be the starting point for that genre. This was Shakespeare that paid homage to tradition, yet at the same time felt modern in ...
Read More »The Merry Wives, Rose Theatre Kingston – Review
The Windsor Wives go Northern for this frolicsome farce which promises a merry night for (nearly) all concerned - even if you do end up covered in dirty washing.
Read More »Much Ado About Nothing – Queen’s Theatre, Review
A warm and funny production celebrating the first term of Douglas Rintoul as artistic director.
Read More »Good King Richard, Drayton Arms – Review
Richard III transforms from ‘monster’ to martyr before our eyes, in an entertaining historical drama undermined by its reliance on archetypes.
Read More »Macbeth: A Tale of Sound & Fury, The Hope Theatre – Review
An intelligent, exhilaratingly blasphemous sprint through a revered Shakespearean tragedy, in one of London's loveliest pub theatres.
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