Review of “Macbeth” (FOLLOW LINK) at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. 2018 . Directed by Polly Findlay. With Christopher Ecclestone as Macbeth and Niamh Cusack as Lady Macbeth. Plus Edward Bennett as MacDuff.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christopher Ecclestone, David Acton, Edward Bennett, Michael Hodgson, Niamh Cusack, Polly Findlay, Raphael Sowole, Tim Samuels on 20/03/2018| Leave a Comment »
Review of “Macbeth” (FOLLOW LINK) at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. 2018 . Directed by Polly Findlay. With Christopher Ecclestone as Macbeth and Niamh Cusack as Lady Macbeth. Plus Edward Bennett as MacDuff.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adam Burton, April de Angelis, Badria Timimu, Catherine McCormack, Elena Ferrante, Emily Mytton, Emily Wachter, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Jonah Russell, Justin Avoth, Martin Hyder, Melly Still, Niamh Cusack, Toby Wharton, Victoria Moseley on 27/03/2017| Leave a Comment »
Review of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend Parts 1 & 2 (LINK TO FULL REVIEW), as adapted for the stage by April de Angelis. Four novels are condensed into two by two act plays, and you can see both in one day t the Rose Theatre, Kingston. I hadn’t read the books. Karen had devoured all four non-stop. We both agreed it is a five star production. It has been adapted brilliantly and fluently for the stage. Starring Niamh Cusack as Lenu, and Catherine McCormack as Lila. Directed by Melly Stills. Unmissable.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged James Garnon, John Light, Michael Longhurst, Niamh Cusack, Rachael Sterling, Sam Cox, The Winter's Tale on 01/02/2016| Leave a Comment »
Review of The Winter’s Tale at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse added. It was fascinating how removing extraneous concepts and reverting to a dark, candlelit Jacobean theatre made fresh sense of the play.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Edward Bennett, Gabrielle Dempsey, Jamie Glover, Jean Anouilh, Jeremy Sams, Joseph Arkley, Katherine Kingsley, Niamh Cusack, The Rehearsal on 13/05/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review of Jean Anouilh’s The Rehearsal (LINKED) at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre. A truly five star production, centered on an outstanding performance by Edward Bennett. I’ll be surprised if his portrayal of Hero isn’t the best performance of 2015. 
