Macbeth (Cheek by Jowl) @ Silk Street Theatre, The Barbican
April 2, 2010
Writing about web page http://www.cheekbyjowl.com/productions/macbeth/index.html I loved Cheek by Jowl’s new production of Macbeth, and yet, as I left it, I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed, for I was beginning to wonder whether the company may have lost their ability to change my world. If you’ve seen any of the company’s previous productions, …
Measure for Measure @ The Almeida Theatre
Writing about web page http://www.almeida.co.uk/production_details/production_details.aspx?code=90 I’ve been waiting for quite some time to see a good Measure for Measure. It’s a play I love on the page, but which I’ve always been bored by in the theatre. Happily, Michael Attenborough’s Almeida production finally met that wish, with strong performances and a simple, persuasive interpretation bringing …
Romeo and Juliet (RSC) @ The Courtyard Theatre
March 26, 2010
Writing about web page http://www.rsc.org.uk/whatson/8956.aspx From its very opening, Rupert Goold’s new Romeo and Juliet was intent on forcing its audience to view a familiar play afresh. Sam Troughton’s Romeo, in jeans and hoodie, wandered onto the stage with a camera, taking photographs as if a tourist (though this amateur stalker had a different kind …
King Lear (RSC) @ The Courtyard Theatre
March 5, 2010
Writing about web page http://www.rsc.org.uk/whatson/8954.aspx The last time the RSC produced King Lear at the Courtyard Theatre, it was one of the most high-profile theatrical events of the decade. Directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Ian McKellen, it was the climax of the Complete Works Festival as well as going on to generate an international …
Three Sisters (Filter) @ Warwick Arts Centre
February 27, 2010
While I’m not going to give a review of this excellent production (go see it), as it’s outside the remit of this blog, I do just have to flag up an in-joke that had me in hysterics. As the travelling players arrived at the sisters’ house, only to be turned away, they could be heard …
Romeo and Juliet (Tiny Ninja Theater) @ Tara Studio
Writing about web page http://www.tinyninjatheater.com/romeoandjuliet/ Dov Weinstein’s classical theatre troupe, the Tiny Ninja Theater, returned to the UK for two performances only with this, Romeo and Juliet, performed as part of the Tara Arts “Shakespeare Remixed” season. As ever, the defining characteristics of the company shone through – powerful performances, elaborate sets and an accessible …
Arden of Faversham @ The Emlyn Williams Theatre, Theatr Clwyd
February 20, 2010
This production marked a long overdue return to Theatr Clwyd for me, a theatre I haven’t visited since it was my local as a schoolboy. It’s perhaps a shame that it took a rare production of an apocryphal play to drag me back, but hopefully I’ll be able to remedy this with future visits. Terry …
Shakespeare Remixed
February 12, 2010
From next week, Tara Arts are presenting their "Shakespeare Remixed" Festival, which looks ace. Mini-productions of Othello, Lear, Macbeth, Romeo, Pericles and Dream by a variety of companies. I’ll be seeing the Romeo, presented by the Tiny Ninja Theater, but I’ll be very happy to hear from anyone who makes it to any of the …
Hamlet at Elsinore
February 1, 2010
There’s so much early modern drama going on in the next few months that I’m having to be pretty ruthless with myself about what I’m allowing myself to go to. I’ll be focussing on personal favourites, locals and rare plays: so, plenty of room for the National’s Women Beware Women, the RSC’s Lear, the Globe’s Henry VIII and …
A Yorkshire Tragedy (Tough Theatre) @ The White Bear Theatre
January 11, 2010
Writing about web page http://www.whitebeartheatre.co.uk/productions/ As regular readers will know, I’m currently writing a PhD thesis on the Shakespeare Apocrypha, and it’s therefore extremely exciting to be starting the year with a very rare performance of one of the apocryphal plays, A Yorkshire Tragedy. The venue was the White Bear Theatre pub in London, a tiny …
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