Review added of the spectacular production of TIMON OF ATHENS (follow link to my review) by The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Directed by Simon Godwin, starring Kathryn Hunter as a female Timon.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged David Sturzaker, Debbie Korley, Imogen Slaughter, James Clyde, Kathryn Hunter, Patrick DRury. Nia Gwynne, Pay, Raph Davis, Riad Richie, Ross Green, Rosy McEwan, Sagar I M Arya, Salman Akhtar, Sam, Simon Godwin, Vivienne Smith, Zainab Hassan on 15/12/2018| Leave a Comment »
Review added of the spectacular production of TIMON OF ATHENS (follow link to my review) by The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Directed by Simon Godwin, starring Kathryn Hunter as a female Timon.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daniel Rigby, Doon Mackichan, Oliver Chris, Phoeve Fox, Simon Godwin, Tamara Lawrence, Tamsin Greig, Tim McMullen on 11/03/2017| Leave a Comment »
Review of the National Theatre’s Twelfth Night, featuring Tamsin Greig as a female “Malvolia”. As lavish a production as you can get too. But … does it bring out the play’s intrinsic “Aaah!” factor?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Clarence Smith, Marcus Griffiths, Natalie Simpson, Paapa Essiedu, Simon Godwin, Tanya Moodie on 26/03/2016| Leave a Comment »
Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company 2016 production of Hamlet added (LINKED). A virtually all-black version set in West Africa, starring Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet, a stunning 25 year old Hamlet at that.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Charles Edwards, David Sturzaker, Globe, Richard II, Simon Godwin, William Gaunt on 28/09/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review of Richard II at Shakespeare’s Globe, with Charles Edwards as Richard II, with added notes “in defence of The Globe” at the end!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chook Sibtain, Geoffrey Streatfield, George Farquhar, Jane Booker, National Theatre, Pearce Quigley, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Samuel Barnett, Simon Godwin, Susannah Fielding, The Beaux Stratagem on 24/06/2015| Leave a Comment »
Follow link to review of The Beaux Stratagem by George Farquhar (1707) at The National Theatre in London. Two of our favorite actors, Susannah Fielding as Mrs Sullen, and Pearce Quigley as Scrub the butler.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bernard Shaw, Christopher Oram, Faye Castelow, Indira Vharama, Man and Superman, Nick le Provost, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Godwin, Tim McMullan on 22/02/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review of Bernard Shaw’s Man & Superman, at the National Theatre with Ralph Fiennes and Indira Vharma. A long review of a long play.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mark Arends, Michael Marcus, Pearl Chanda, Roger Morlidge, RSC, Sarah MacRaue, Simon Godwin, Stratford-upon-Avon, Two Gentlemen of Verona on 16/08/2014| Leave a Comment »
Review of the current Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona (LINKED).