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  Romeo and Juliet at the Barbican review ***

  Romeo and Juliet Barbican Theatre, 8th November 2018 You can stay right next to Juliet’s balcony in Verona. Le Suite de Giulietta. The Tourist, SO, BD and LD can vouch for the lovely decor, the sizeable rooms and the delicious breakfast. The courtyard is closed at night so it is…

  November 19, 2018
• Culture Feminism London Shakespeare Theatre

  OthelloMacbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith review ***

  OthelloMacbeth Lyric Hammersmith, 8th October 2018 OK so this has its moments. By splicing together Othello and Macbeth, excising out extraneous context, sub-plot and characters, director Jude Christian has largely succeeded in achieving what she set out to do. That is to recast the two famous tragedies from the perspective…

  October 18, 2018
• Culture History Politics Shakespeare Theatre War

  Henry V at the Tobacco Factory Bristol review *****

  Henry V Tobacco Factory Theatre, 22nd September 2018 Hello. I feel another bout of hyperbole coming on. It could just be that cumulative exposure is making me realise what the smarter punters and all the luvvies have known for hundreds of years, that nothing comes close to Shakespeare. It could…

  October 3, 2018
• Culture London Shakespeare Theatre

  The Two Noble Kinsman at the Globe Theatre review ****

  The Two Noble Kinsman Globe Theatre, 12th June 2018 I am not too keen on the Globe. Actually that is putting it mildly. I really don’t like it. For the simple reason that it is so bloody uncomfortable. I know that is the point. Sam Wanamaker’s vision of a re-creation…

  June 27, 2018