4.0
Review: Jack Lear, Hull Truck Theatre
From the opening scene, Ben Benison’s Jack Lear promises to be mythic. In Lear (Barrie Rutter), we are supposed to find a bewitched trawlerman, motivated by th...
Nicola Sanderson
4.0
Review: The Merry Wives, West Yorkshire Playhouse
Northern Broadsides certainly have a reputation for smashing the stereotype that northern actors can’t do Shakespeare. Not only do they frequently make this par...