Review added of “Macbeth” (LINKED) at the National Theatre. This was critically reviled when it opened. It runs at the same time as the RSC production reviewed here earlier, so comparison is inevitable.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne-Marie Duff, Joshua Lacey, Kevin Harvey, Nadia Albina, Parth Thakerar, Patrick O'Kane, Rory Kinnear, Rufus Norris, Stephen Boxer, Trevor Fox on 06/05/2018| Leave a Comment »
Review added of “Macbeth” (LINKED) at the National Theatre. This was critically reviled when it opened. It runs at the same time as the RSC production reviewed here earlier, so comparison is inevitable.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ellen McDougall, Joanna Horton., Jon Foster, Kurt Egyiawan, Nadia Albina, Natalie Klamar, Peter Hobday, Sam Spruell, Thalissa Teixeira on 13/03/2017| Leave a Comment »
Review of Othello at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, at The Globe Theatre. It’s the first major Shakesperean tragedy they’ve done in the recreated (and candlelit) Jacobean indoor playhouse. A cast of nine too. Many issues emerge …

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Iqbal Khan, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Jermaine Dominique, Jocelyn Pook, Nadia Albina, Ray Fearon, Sam Cox, Tara Fitzgerld on 11/07/2016| Leave a Comment »
The Globe’s latest version of Macbeth – Globe 2016, with Ray Fearon as Macbeth and Tara Fitzgerald as Lady Macbeth, has divided critics, with reviews ranging from one star to five star. Iqbal Khan’s version has stirred things up. Follow the link to see what I thought.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amy McAllister, Chu Omanbala, David Ajao, Derbhle Crotty, Erica Whyman, Hecuba, Marina Carr, Nadia Albina, Ray Fearon, RSC on 20/09/2015| Leave a Comment »
One of the best plays this year, Hecuba by Marina Carr. A new play, adapted radically from Euripides.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brian Protheroes, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Jamie Ballard, Ken Nwosu, Makram J. Khoury, Nadia Albina, Patsy Ferran, Polly Findlay, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, The Merchant of Venice on 27/06/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review added of The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company 2015. Some reviews didn’t like it. We did (see link). Most interesting is contrasting it with other productions this year.

