For the Christmas wishlist
November 26, 2010
Courtesy of the National Theatre bookshop. You too can pretend you’re part of Team Hamlet at The Mousetrap: Hamlet ‘Villain’ T-shirt £15.00
RSC 50th anniversary season
November 23, 2010
Writing about web page http://www.rsc.org.uk/about-us/press/3481.aspx Plenty to be excited about in the announcement of the new RSC season, which marks both the first new productions to play in the redeveloped RST and the fiftieth anniversary of the modern RSC. Macbeth directed by Michael Boyd: I’m genuinely excited to see what Boyd – with his vivid …
Kupenga Kwa Hamlet (Two Gents Productions) @ The Oval House, London
November 20, 2010
Writing about web page http://www.twogentsproductions.com/wordpress/shows/kupenga-kwa-hamlet Kupenga Kwa Hamlet (The Madness of Hamlet) began with Queen Gertred singing Hatina Musha, a traditional Zimbabwean funeral song. It ended with two jolly gravediggers suddenly collapsing, dead. Yet as bleak as this may sound, Two Gents Productions’ take on Hamlet found a warmth and vivacity in its relationship with …
Macbeth (Song of the Goat Theatre/ Teatr Piesn Kozla) @ The Barbican Pit
November 19, 2010
Writing about web page http://macbeth-thepoint.co.uk/ Last night’s production was informed, for this reviewer, by mimetic associations and intertextuality that bordered, at times, on déjà vu. It was the second Polish take on Macbeth I’ve seen in the last couple of years. It was also the second Macbeth I’ve seen this year at the Barbican, both …
Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany @ Shakespeare’s Globe
November 14, 2010
I’ve never, to my everlasting shame, been to a Read Not Dead reading at the Globe, which is something of a travesty for someone with such an interest in overlooked and rarely-performed early modern drama. To be fair, they’re at 3pm on a Sunday and – as was borne out today – it’s a pain …
New Globe season – and some more Jonson
November 8, 2010
Writing about web page http://shakespeares-globe.org/press/ Cheers to Duncan, as ever, for the tip: Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its new season, and it’s a fascinating one: All’s Well, Much Ado and – of special interest to me – Faustus, as well as touring productions of Hamlet and As You Like It. Also, the White Bear Theatre …
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