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Hamlet, Harold Pinter Theatre
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
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Tagged andrew scott, broadwayworld, hamlet, harold pinter theatre, jessica brown findlay, juliet stevenson, review, robert icke, shakespeare, theatre, trump, west end
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BWW Interview: Kirsty Bushell
The actress discusses playing Juliet in Daniel Kramer’s production at Shakespeare’s Globe. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged broadwayworld, daniel kramer, globe theatre, interview, juliet, kirsty bushell, play, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, theatre
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BWW Interview: Simon Russell Beale
The actor discusses his passion for classical music and City of London Sinfonia’s Closer: A Soldier’s Tale. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Old Vic
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
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Tagged broadwayworld, daniel radcliffe, hamlet, joshua mcguire, london, old vic, review, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, shakespeare, theatre, tom stoppard
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Twelfth Night, National Theatre
Suffused with grief and unrequited love, Twelfth Night is often played as an anti-comedy – more melancholy than mirthful. Not so in Simon Godwin’s brash, gender-bending, utterly joyful rendering, which takes loss as a cue to embrace life. Read my … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, daniel rigby, malvolia, national theatre, oliver chris, olivier, phoebe fox, review, shakespeare, simon godwin, tamsin greig, tim mcmullan, Twelfth Night
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Brutus and Other Heroines, Harriet Walter
One of the big theatre stories of 2016 is women reclaiming Shakespeare, from Gillian Bevan’s Cymbeline and Michelle Terry’s Henry V to Glenda Jackson’s Lear and Phyllida Lloyd’s landmark all-female trilogy starring Harriet Walter. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here
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Tagged acting, actress, book, broadwayworld, brutus and other heroines, christmas, donmar, equality, feminist, gift, guide, harriet walter, kings cross theatre, phyllida lloyd, review, shakespeare, shakespeare trilogy, women
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BWW Interview: Lisa Dillon
The actress discusses her roles in the RSC’s Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing, coming to the West End next month. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Shakespeare Trilogy, King’s Cross Theatre
“Inmates, coming through.” That’s our introduction to Phyllida Lloyd’s landmark trilogy, as the homogenised prisoners are steered through the audience by prison officers. But this extraordinarily empathetic project, developed with Clean Break, gives those inmates individual voices and means of … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, clean break, donmar, donmar warehouse, harriet walter, henry iv, julius caesar, kings cross theatre, london, phyllida lloyd, prison, prisoner, review, shakespeare, the tempest, trilogy, west end
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David Bowie’s LAZARUS leads November’s Top 10 new London shows
From the late great Bowie’s musical to Glenda Jackson’s Lear and Mark Rylance’s return. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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