A confident, if slightly unimaginative, take on the Bard’s 1599 classic comedy.

Unforgettable and unconventional

There is much for audiences to enjoy in this hugely successful production

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 ...

Brian picks runs down his pick of the year and awards the inaugural Reggies.

Anna Marsland and David Fairs of Golem! Theatre talk putting a new twist on a Shakespearean classic in 'I Know You Of Old'.

While a stripped down version of Shakespeare may not satisfy the purists, I Know You Of Old is nevertheless a strong reimagining of a much performed play.

It might be very much a one joke pony, but that one joke has so much to offer it’s worth seeing again and again.

This is your chance to win tickets to see Shit-faced Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing at Leicester Square Theatre. To enter simply retweet one of our Much Ado About Nothing competition tweets before 5pm on 9 April 2017 AND tell us your favourite screwball comedy. Marking the seventh anniversary of the award-winning Shit-faced Shakespeare brand, the company are back in London with a brand new production for 2017: Much Ado About Nothing. Shit-faced Shakespeare is the hilarious combination of an entirely ...

A festive take on a Shakespeare favourite that embraces the play’s darker undertones as well as the fizzy fun.