Review: King Lear, Duke of York’s Theatre
Will I ever see another play ever again that doesn’t have a slight whiff of Donald Trump about it? Doubtful. To be fair to King Lear, first performed back in 16...
Jonathan Munby
Review: Frozen, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Losing a child, surely, must be any parent’s worst nightmare. I’ve thankfully never had to endure the worry this possibility must cultivate, as I don’t have any...
Review: The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s Globe
The Merchant of Venice has been a long-serving vessel of discomfort for critics and audiences alike, unsure whether the play fuels anti-Semitic sentiment or pro...
Review: Twelfth Night, Richmond Theatre
If there is one thing that Shakespeare’s brilliant comedy Twelfth Night lacks, it is the presence of magic and the supernatural which is so beautifully and misc...
Feature: Jonathan Munby on Twelfth Night – “The text, the text, the text!”
Jonathan Munby sounds excited. I am speaking to him two days before the opening of Twelfth Night at the Crucible, his fifth show at Sheffield Theatres. "I love ...