Review: Measure for Measure, Barbican Silk Street Theatre
Not only am I not familiar with Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (much to my shame), but I also cannot speak fluent Russian, which could have made my evening a...
Declan Donnellan
Review: Shakespeare in Love, Noël Coward Theatre
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s screen play Shakespeare In Love took the public by storm, and even though critics weren’t exactly impressed (when are they ever) ...
Feature: Cheek by Jowl – is translation treason?
"...after all our subtle colour and nervous rhythm, after the faint mixed tints of Conder, what more is possible? After us the Savage God." (from Autobiograp...
Review: Ubu Roi
How do you rebottle lightning? This is the challenge that any theatre-maker tackling Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi must surely face. Jarry’s prank-play was a theatri...
Review: Ubu Roi
A pristine living room sets the stage for Cheek By Jowl's latest production at Warwick Arts Centre, a French language adaptation of Ubu Roi. With white panelled...