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As You Like It/Hamlet, Shakespeare’s Globe

Posted on May 18, 2018 by mkmswain

Michelle Terry’s first season as Artistic Director of the Globe will be carefully scrutinised. Emma Rice’s contentious exit raised important questions about the venue’s purpose, its balancing of tradition and innovation, new and returning audiences, and about how we engage … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged as you like it, broadwayworld, comedy, drama, emma rice, globe, hamlet, london, michelle terry, play, review, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, theatre, visit london | Leave a comment

Red leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on April 30, 2018 by mkmswain

From meaty revivals to the open-air theatres opening their doors. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alfred enoch, alfred molina, an ideal husband, as you like it, best, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, comedy, consent, drama, edward fox, fatherland, frances barber, freddie fox, george benjamin, globe, hamlet, harold pinter theatre, katie mitchell, lessons in love and violence, london, lyric hammersmith, martin crimp, may, michelle terry, moliere, mood music, nightfall, old vic, open air theatre, opera, ophelia lovibond, oscar wilde, peter pan, play, red, regents park, rothko, royal opera house, shakespeare, summer, tartuffe, theatre, theatre royal haymarket, ticket deal, top 10, vaudeville theatre, visit london, west end, wyndhams theatre | Leave a comment

Hamlet, Harold Pinter Theatre

Posted on June 16, 2017 by mkmswain

Following a sold-out Almeida run, Robert Icke’s thoughtfully contemporary take on Shakespeare hits the West End, with its original cast mainly intact (Derbhle Crotty succeeds Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude on 4 July). The big draw, of course, is the superb … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged andrew scott, broadwayworld, hamlet, harold pinter theatre, jessica brown findlay, juliet stevenson, review, robert icke, shakespeare, theatre, trump, west end | Leave a comment

Annie leads June’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on May 22, 2017 by mkmswain

From a classic musical and acclaimed Shakespeare to buzzy history plays. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged almeida theatre, andrew scott, annie, arts theatre, audra mcdonald, barber shop chronicles, book tickets, broadwayworld, colin morgan, common, edward fox, gloria, hamlet, hampstead theatre, harold pinter theatre, ink, john betjeman, june, la strada, lady day at emersons bar and grill, london, miranda hart, musical, national theatre, new, play, rotterdam, rupert murdoch, sale, sand in the sandwiches, the other palace, theatre, theatre royal haymarket, ticket deal, top 10, west end, wyndhams theatre | Leave a comment

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Old Vic

Posted on March 9, 2017 by mkmswain

Fifty years on, Tom Stoppard’s absurdist tragicomedy is back in the theatre where it had its professional premiere, and still just as dazzlingly virtuosic. If some of its gags, musings and metatheatrical tricks have since become overfamiliar through imitation, that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, daniel radcliffe, hamlet, joshua mcguire, london, old vic, review, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, shakespeare, theatre, tom stoppard | 1 Comment

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? leads February’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on February 1, 2017 by mkmswain

From a major Albee revival to starry Shakespeare and a steamy musical. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, almeida theatre, andrew scott, apollo theatre, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, conleth hill, Edward Albee, february, frances ruffelle, game of thrones, gary barlow, hamlet, imelda staunton, john webster, london, low level panic, musical, national theatre, new, orange tree theatre, phoenix theatre, shakespeares globe, speech and debate, Stoppard, tamsin grieg, the girls, the other palace, the white devil, the wild party, theatre, tom hollander, top 10, trafalgar studios, travesties, Twelfth Night, west end, whos afraid of virginia woolf, young vic | Leave a comment

Take Five! Spend Your Tea Break with Kenneth Branagh

Posted on August 30, 2016 by mkmswain

Ahead of The Entertainer‘s opening at the Garrick, relive five of Kenneth Branagh’s great performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, emma thompson, garrick theatre, hamlet, harry potter, henry v, kenneth branagh, laurence olivier, much ado about nothing, my week with marilyn, shackleton, shakespeare, the entertainer, wallander, west end | Leave a comment

Take Five! Spend your tea break with Derek Jacobi

Posted on May 19, 2016 by mkmswain

As Derek Jacobi opens in Kenneth Branagh’s Romeo and Juliet, relive five of his great performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged alan turing, best, breaking the code, broadcast, comedy, derek jacobi, drama, film, frasier, garrick, hamlet, i claudius, kenneth branagh, london, opening, play, richard ii, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, stage, theatre, tv, video, watch, west end | Leave a comment

RSC collaborates on Shakespeare In Art exhibition at Compton Verney

Posted on February 11, 2016 by mkmswain

As part of the Bard’s 400th anniversary celebrations, the gallery at Compton Verney in Warwickshire – which is just nine miles away from Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon – has joined forces with the RSC to create a new exhibition. SHAKESPEARE IN … Continue reading →

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Ten great plays within plays

Posted on August 26, 2015 by mkmswain

To coincide with the opening of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good at the National Theatre, here are 10 great examples of the play-within-a-play, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy to groundbreaking work from Stoppard, Pirandello, Weiss and Brecht. Read my full National Theatre article here

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Tag Archives: hamlet

As You Like It/Hamlet, Shakespeare’s Globe

Hamlet, Harold Pinter Theatre

Annie leads June’s Top 10 new London shows

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Old Vic

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? leads February’s Top 10 new London shows

Take Five! Spend Your Tea Break with Kenneth Branagh

Take Five! Spend your tea break with Derek Jacobi

RSC collaborates on Shakespeare In Art exhibition at Compton Verney

Ten great plays within plays

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