Review: Romeo and Juliet, Orange Tree Theatre
Transporting Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from sixteenth century Verona to twenty-first century London, Shakespeare Up Close has modernised this great romanti...
Romeo and Juliet
Feature: All-female Shakespeare – “a political choice”
Image by Greg Veit “Why did you choose to perform an all-female Shakespeare?” a radio interviewer asked The Flanagan Collective, a York-based theatre company...
Edinburgh Review: Shakespeare’s Villains, theSpace on the Mile
It’s a bold move to bring Shakespeare to the Fringe. In a festival surrounded by new scripts, it’s hard to bring a freshness to Shakespeare without a large budg...
Feature: Sally Cookson – “we have to celebrate storytelling and imagination”
If you’re unfamiliar with the name Sally Cookson, it’s likely that you will at least be familiar with her work. She is an associate artist at the Bristol Old Vi...
Review: Romeo and Juliet, Lauderdale House
It just wouldn’t be summer without an alfresco Shakespearean performance. Settling down for a picnic, a tipple and the words of the Bard has become a staple of ...
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) ...