Many of my recent posts have commented on how much the performances have referenced theatre. I couldn’t discuss this production of Waiting for Godot without commenting on the metatheatre. The set is a derelict theatre. We watch the action through two frames, one is the proscenium arch of the Theatre Royal and the other is…
Read more Waiting For Godot (Theatre Royal Newcastle, 23rd April 2009)
I think I was surprised. I had read other reviews and I didn’t think that I would enjoy this production, but I had a really good time. it just shows though how diverse the reviews can be. The Telegraph gives the production 5 stars, but Charles Hutchinson in the Yorkshire Evening Press found flaws and…
Having seen this Baxter Theatre/RSC production in Stratford (Courtyard Theatre), I was really keen to see it in a different playing space. The proscenium arch theatre in Sheffield did present a very different viewing experience, but none of exceitement I felt when I saw the production in February was lost. In a proscenium arch theatre,…
Read more The Tempest – again (Sheffield Lyceum, 23rd April 2009)
