Ahem. If you were following my progress on Instagram and/or Twitter, you’d think everything about this #MindTheBard week had gone absolutely to plan… It started off amazingly, with a wonderful weekend in Stratford-upon-Avon; it was my first time back there in two years, as it’s been too risky to try & plan a trip until […]
Read More #MindTheBard 2024: round-upConfession: in the end, good weather stopped play. When I planned this week out, I had no idea of the heatwave that was going to hit the UK (given that we’ve been treated to rain, rain & more rain for most of 2024) – and a Friday night in the City, after working in what was […]
Read More #MindTheBard: You’re Bard pub crawlWe’ve had Mind The Bard, we’ve had Mind The Bard: 2 Bard 2 Spurious, we’ve had Mind The Bard 3: Hospital Shift, Mind The Bard 4: Tyrant Fever – so we now come to Mind The Bard 5: You’re Bard. (You can probably picture for yourselves the gleeful face I pulled when I stumbled upon […]
Read More Challenge Week 2024: Mind The Bard*Sighs in Shakespeare* I think I may have officially given up hope of my Shakespeare page ever being completed. Last week the RSC announced a ridiculous amount of productions (covering most, if not all, of 2024) without The Two Gentlemen of Verona in sight, and today The Globe have done the same; I know I’m […]
Read More Globe 2024: “Feel Alive”Once more, hits went down and 2023 is the new personal worst – however, the gap is now closing… Considering that I published fewer than 50 posts last year, I’m happy with the amount of traffic the site is still able to get. I think I’ve started to adjust better to the wider variety of […]
Read More Most popular posts of 2023What do you get if you remove the older generation from Hamlet? Lazarus Theatre’s new 90-minute production at Southwark Playhouse. The cast (dressed in identical jumpers & trackie bottoms) assemble in a circle and take orders from a disembodied voice (Micha Colombo), before introducing themselves and their character – to each other rather than the […]
Read More Hamlet (Lazarus Theatre)Initially I was going to write separate, full reviews for both of these – however, as I’ve left it a little while since watching Henry V and both of them are closing fairly soon I took the executive decision to clump them together here instead. Other than the fact that they are both Shakespeare plays (and […]
Read More Misc. Mini-Reviews: Henry V / As You Like It“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” For people like me, who are both massive Queen fans and Shakespeare nerds, a dream crossover has now arrived: A Night At The Kabuki. Inspired by a combination of Romeo & Juliet and Queen’s famous 1975 album, Hideki Noda has created a brand new piece of theatre that […]
Read More A Night At The KabukiAfter their runaway success Pyramus & Thisbe, the Midsummer Mechanicals returned to tread the boards once more, this time as part of the Duke’s anniversary celebrations. Though it wasn’t plain sailing the first time round, what with Bottom suddenly acquiring a donkey’s head, they’re set for a few more challenges in this follow-up – and […]
Read More Midsummer Mechanicals 2022For me, despite its poetical brilliance, The Tempest is a difficult play to get right. Its central figure is a man who has become more and more reliant on magic, claiming ownership over an island when he was deposed from his dukedom – and the tone of the comic relief side plot doesn’t always blend […]
Read More This Wooden O: The Tempest (2022)
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