Top Shakespeare 1. All’s Well That Ends Well, (RSC RST and Theatre Royal Newcastle). 2. As You Like It (RSC, RST and Theatre Royal Newcastle). 3. Titus Andronicus (RSC, Swan Theatre). 4. Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse). 5. The Taming of the Shrew (Propeller, Newcastle Theatre Royal) 6. Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios). 7. Richard II (RSC, RST and…
The trailer for this production promises lots of blood, and you go you won’t be disappointed if that’s what you expect. Of course, if that’s your thing, one of the highlights has to be sitting in the front row and getting splattered in blood. However, it is stage blood so it washes out very easily,…
Read more Titus Andronicus (The Swan 16th May to 25th October)
2013 will be another year for celebrity Shakespeare. James McAvoy will play Macbeth early in the year. The Michael Grandage season continues with David Walliams and Sheridan Smith staring in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Jude Law in Henry V. In autumn, at the Old Vic, Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones will be playing Beatrice and Bendick…
2012 was the year that I kept thinking, I will blog about that and then never got round to it. I always wanted to write some longer pieces on some of the productions, but I put it off, because I am working on a larger project that is taking up my time at the moment.…
It’s often the case that there are several productions of the same Shakespeare play around at the same time. I saw the Globe production of Richard III on 29th September after seeing the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) production develop over the summer from its first previews in March until the final performance in September. The RSC production…
Read more Looking for Richard III (RSC March to Sept 2012 and The Globe, 29th September 2012)
There was a strangeness about this production, and it reminded me of the television programme Tales of the Unexpected. There was a conjuring Duke (Raymond Coulthard) who did slight of hand tricks, but the biggest trick of them all would be the bed trick. The Duke attempted to connect with the audience, but there was also a…
Written on the Heart is a fantastic glimpse at an interesting period of history. There are some really engaging performances particularly from Oliver Ford Davies as Lancelot Andrews and Stephen Boxer as William Tyndale. The play explores the creation of the King James Bible and focuses on a group set up to compile it. Alongside…
Julie Raby 