Theatre: Shakespeare 1. Romeo and Juliet (RSC). 2. King Lear (RSC). 3. As You Like It (West Yorkshire Playhouse). 4. Measure for Measure (Almeida). 5. The Winter’s Tale (RSC/Roundhouse). 6. Henry IV part 2 (Globe). 7. Macbeth (Globe). 8. Antony and Cleopatra (RSC). 9. Antony and Cleopatra (Liverpool Playhouse). 10. Hamlet (The Crucible, Sheffield). 11.…
Read more Best of 2010
What I felt about this production of Hamlet was that when it opened it was a very good production and on the last day I saw it, I thought that it was a superb production. I suppose the question here is, is a form of rehearsal be taking place as a production develops beyond previews and through the run and how…
Read more Hamlet (Crucible Sheffield, September/October 2010)
This was a very complex and interesting play. I heard someone in the audience say that you had to really concentrate, so I did and was really prepared for the twists and turns. I tend to agree with Michael Billington’s review that the play seemed to be set in time and no where, and I found this made…
Read more Speaking in Tongues (Duke of York Theatre, 12th December 2009)