Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory

Feature: Malachite Theatre – “treating Shakespeare with a certain dose of irreverence”

Katie SmithJuly 25, 2014

Seeing as he is currently taking on the titular role in Malachite Theatre’s production of Richard II, it is only natural that when Nick Finegan and I meet at th...

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Review: Arcadia, Tobacco Factory

Eleanor TurneyApril 2, 2014

Photo (c) Graham Burke Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory usually does, well, Shakespeare, so to tackle Tom Stoppard's contemporary play (first performed in...

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Review: Two Gentlemen of Verona

Eleanor TurneyApril 11, 2013

The thrust of Andrew Hilton's second Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory play of this season is simple: men are idiots. Some are more or less idiotic than others...

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Review: Richard III

Eleanor TurneyFebruary 21, 2013

It helps that there's something cadaverous about John Mackay, with his close-cropped hair and his deep-set eyes, but he makes a chillingly convincing psychopath...

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Review: King Lear

Anonymous AuthorFebruary 17, 2012

Twelve years ago, when Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory staged King Lear as its inaugural production, Andrew Hilton’s direction was much lauded for its unfl...

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