The Duck and the Swan
May 31, 2006
My girlfriend finished her exams today, so to celebrate I took her for dinner at the Dirty Duck, a pub which is as big a part of the Complete Works in my opinion as any of the plays. It’s a pub opposite the Swan Theatre that serves gorgeous food, good wine and is beautifully decorated …
Work privileges
May 29, 2006
I work at Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry, which has an ongoing relationship with the company Cheek By Jowl– we show their two current productions each year, one in Russian as part of the Chekov International Drama Festival, the other in English. A couple of weeks ago we had their production of Middleton’s ‘The Changeling’, …
Julius Caesar (RSC) @ The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
May 11, 2006
First of all, I’m going to quickly rave about the value of the seat I got. For £5, I was in the fifth row, relatively central and right in front of the stage. It was the best view I’ve ever had in the theatre! And, even better, I’ve got the same seat booked for a …
Try something new this year
May 9, 2006
I really hope the ‘Stratford Crowd’ are going to try and see some new things this year. An odd comment? Well, it doesn’t seem so when I compare sold–out performances for the entire run of the excellent but traditional RSC production of ‘Antony & Cleopatra’ compared to half–empty houses for a mere four performances of …
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