Pros: A silent but expressive, accordion-toting Verges Cons: Too many cicadas It’s common these days to watch ‘high’ culture in a ‘low’ setting: Mayerling at the local multiplex, Hamlet on catch-up, in PJs. Watching Antic Disposition’s Much Ado About Nothing is the opposite experience. It’s a sort of cheesy sitcom (with shades of honour killing), in the pannelled and stained-glassed splendour of Gray’s Inn Hall. This cheesy sitcom is set in France, 1945. There are pretty girls in tea dresses ...

A solidly entertaining production that sometimes tries too hard to underline the play’s contemporary relevance.

A brilliantly conceived adaptation.

A superb adaptation of what could have been a dry play, full of emotion that could be seen clearly in such an intimate setting.

A wonderfully imaginative and evocative staging of one of Shakespeare’s great histories, in a sublime location which quite literally sings.

A magical show that’ll give you instant Christmas spirit!

A reassuring take on a timeless story of star crossed lovers.