I saw Maxine Peake as Hamlet back in September 2014. Seeing the production live was an amazing electrifying experience. Of course, I was curious to see if Peake would play Hamlet as a man, or as a woman. Actually, she played the part as neither. The male pronoun was retained and the rest of the…
Read more Hamlet (City Screen – Manchester Royal Exchange, 27th March 2015)
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 