The Merchant Of Venice at The Almeida
After its initial, and triumphant, appearance at the RSC in 2011, Rupert Goold’s revelatory production…
Browsing: Theatre
Alun Armstrong: King of Stage and Screen
I caught up with Alun Armstrong during rehearsals for Ionesco’s Exit the King, opening at…
Uncle Vanya at St James Theatre
It’s fair to say this modern update of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya by writer Anya…
Electra at the Old Vic
Electra is the first Greek play produced in the Old Vic’s newly reconfigured in-the-round setting,…
Speed the Plow
As I sat in the stalls of the Playhouse Theatre, waiting for the curtain to…
The Play That Goes Wrong
The art of doing things badly is a fiendishly difficult one. If you want to…
My Night With Reg
I first saw My Night With Reg by Kevin Elyot twenty years ago at the…
Shakespeare in Love
Based on the Academy Award-winning motion picture screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard and…
Medea at the National Theatre
Staging Greek tragedy in the 21st century is often a difficult task. The formal aspects…
The Crucible at The Old Vic
One can’t exactly look forward to seeing Arthur Miller’s 1953 play, The Crucible; not with…
Great Britain at the National Theatre
As the title might suggest, Richard Bean’s riotous new play has set its sights on…
