Yellowfin

What would you do if all the fish suddenly vanished? It’s a question that would have sounded faintly ridiculous a few years ago, but as climate change grips the world in flash flooding, bush fires, and confusion over what season it actually is, a mass extinction event doesn’t feel that far off. In Marek Horn’s […]

Twelfth Night (RSC 2017): Music & Speeches

One of the great things about the RSC is that they regularly release mementos of their productions, by way of both DVD and CD. I was glad to see that their recent Twelfth Night (starring Adrian Edmondson and Kara Tointon) became part of this collection, saving several musical performances and songs for eternity. Set around […]

Twelfth Night (RSC 2017)

Following in the footsteps of Emma Rice’s production of the same play in her final summer season at the Globe, director Christopher Luscombe moves from Nell Gwynn’s 17th century setting to a Belle Époque version of Twelfth Night. This production delights in the work of the Aesthetic Movement, as well as bringing a subcontinental flavour […]