A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Dash Arts) @ The Swan Theatre
June 13, 2006
You know when I said a few days ago that I was trying to avoid using superlatives? Well, forget that. This was the BEST BEST BEST thing I’ve EVER seen on stage! Firstly, it was by no means difficult to follow. Some characters never spoke a word of English, but the actors were so clear …
A Marvellous Convenient Place For Our Rehearsal @ Cox’s Yard
June 12, 2006
Another ‘Slants On Shakespeare’ event, with Duska again (I won’t post that huge picture again). This time, director of the Dash Arts ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ that I’m seeing tomorrow, Tim Supple was the starring practitioner, with Pablo Mukherjee from the University of Warwick as the academic. It aws another interesting event, though I won’t …
‘Twelfth Night’ and Director’s Talk (Cheek by Jowl) @ Warwick Arts Centre
June 1, 2006
It’s been a hectic few days, rounded off by my third play in as many nights, a second viewing of Cheek By Jowl’s ‘Twelfth Night’. Again, it’s a comedy that manages to stay funny a second time round, and even better was the fact that the audience was considerably bigger this time. Also, it was …
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 …
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 …
Othello (Munchner Kammerspiele) @ The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
April 29, 2006
APRIL 29TH 2006 (backdated) “May be unsuitable for young children. Certain scenes contain strong language which some people may find offensive”. Not a disclaimer for this blog, but the one sent out prior to the arrival of the first of the international contributors to the Festival – Munchner Kammerspiele from Germany. This was emphatically NOT …
Sneak peek!
April 27, 2006
APRIL 27TH 2006 (backdated) There are advantages to going on conferences sometimes. While on a two-day conference on Thomas Kyd’s ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ (a very good play by the way, hoping someone mounts a production of it in the near future), we got the offer of seeing an open dress rehearsal of the Baxter Theatre …
Antony & Cleopatra (RSC) @ The Swan
April 13, 2006
APRIL 13TH 2006 (backdated) Whew. Well, as opposed to ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Doran’s ‘Antony & Cleopatra’ was a very traditional production, but very, very good. It says something that for its three hours length, I didn’t even notice that I was standing, the time just flew. Whereas the cast of ‘Romeo’ were dwarfed by their …
Seeing Shakespeare Solo; or, Famous People Sell Shows
April 12, 2006
APRIL 12TH 2006 (backdated) One problem with seeing fifty plays in one year is finding people to go with you! I’ve had to get organised very quickly, and I have tickets for performances as late as March 2007, and naturally most people don’t have the luxury of planning that far ahead. So, I’ve had to …
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