Never Mind The Blog… Here’s June 2018

For once in my life, my intention to have a quieter month might actually pay off! There are still quite a few reviews coming your way, but they’ll be concentrated in clusters – as well as some more contributions from new Mind the Bloggers – so I can take a bit of time to rest […]

“Oh, for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention!”

You might be forgiven for thinking that only certain Shakespeare plays are allowed to be produced in any given 12-month period – for example, last year I saw five different Twelfth Nights, and this year are at least three Macbeths already on my radar… Michelle Terry couldn’t really come up with anything out of the […]

I Know You Of Old

Following on from the success of Macbeths last year, GOLEM! Theatre return to the Hope with a reworked version of Shakespeare’s famous comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Company co-founder David Fairs once again has taken on creative duties, using only Shakespeare’s words but switched around to tell a slightly darker story. After facing humiliation at the hands […]