Review: Macbeth, Royal Opera House
According to Operabase, Verdi’s Macbeth is the 29th most performed opera, ranking higher than Cavalleria Rusticana and Salome. Perhaps with the intention of hel...
Phyllida Lloyd
Offer: Free tickets to The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy at King’s Cross
YOUNG+FREE tickets to The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy at King's Cross Directed by Phyllida Lloyd | 23 Sep - 17 Dec 2016 This autumn, Phyllida Lloyd will re...
Review: Henry IV, Donmar Warehouse
It’s as if the Donmar Warehouse can do no wrong. The place churns out hit after hit, and I’m not just talking about commercial successes – for rarely is there a...
Blog: An actor writes – All-female/all-black theatre – a step in the right direction?
As you will have gathered, I am positively a wilting flower when it comes to discussing social issues, and have not in any way been known to bore on and on on...
Blog: An actor writes – It is the cry of women: all-female(ish) Shakespeare
Shaking up the genders has always been trendy in Shakespeare. Far cleverer and better-informed people than me have written fat books about it, and that’s be...
Review: Josephine and I
Cush Jumbo is performing a knock-kneed Charleston. Her elbows extend, her legs kick and flail in every direction; she has transformed into an exuberant rubb...