Review: The Tempest (Tron Theatre)
Like being stranded on Prospero’s island, watching a performance of Shakespeare’s The Tempest can feel like being wrapped up in a strange...
Nov 3, 2021
Review: The Winter's Tale (Bard in the Botanics)
There’s something rather paradoxical about The Winter’s Tale being performed in the summer. In this adaptation, the stage is draped in...
Aug 18, 2021
Review: The Comedy of Errors (The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre)
The new, temporary Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre is reminiscent of a water park. It feels as though we are about to witness some...
Aug 5, 2021
Review: Romeo and Juliet - One-Man Musical (TheSpace at Surgeon's Hall)
This year there are (at least) five productions of Romeo and Juliet at the fringe. When a show is trying to trying to add a little more...
Aug 7, 2019
Review: Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Romeo and Juliet is notoriously difficult to stage. Being probably the most famous play of all time puts pressure on to produce something...
Mar 21, 2019
Review: The Madness of King George III (Nottingham Playhouse)
A king losing his sanity and a conspiracy from his offspring to take over the throne, we’ve heard this before, haven’t we? The National’s...
Nov 22, 2018
Review: Romeo and Juliet (Zoo Charteris)
“Never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Perhaps, but there can be an awful lot of despair that comes with...
Aug 16, 2018
Review: Julius Caesar (Pop-Up Globe)
Auckland's Pop-Up Globe is a sight to behold. A scale replica of the London original, the detail that has gone into recreating the...
Feb 28, 2018
Preview Review: Titus Andronicus (The Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
Here we go again, Angus Jackson. Regular readers will know that my response to Jackson’s Rome season at the RSC has been quite mixed so...
Jun 28, 2017
Review: Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
Please let it be good. Please let it be good. Please let it be good. Despite my usual determination not to prejudge any production, nor...
May 25, 2017
