Much Ado About Nothing (Merely Theatre)

Like London buses, no sooner does one production of Much Ado About Nothing come along than another follows hot on its heels! This time it’s the turn of Merely Theatre, who are touring this beloved comedy alongside famous tragedy Macbeth – though beginning with a series of open air performances solely of Much Ado. Sadly […]

Much Ado About Nothing (Antic Disposition)

It’s summer 1945, and war is over in Europe; British soldiers are making their way home through a newly liberated France following a long and testing fight. This triumphant & seasonal setting is the location of Antic Disposition’s latest production of the much loved comedy Much Ado About Nothing, with Don Pedro and his troops stopping […]

Shit-faced Shakespeare: Hamlet

You know the score by now: one classically trained Shakespearean actor plus alcohol (in this case, a few lagers & half a bottle of vodka) always means Shit-faced Shakespeare! We’ve had quite a few Hamlets grace the stage over the past couple of years alone, but you won’t see another quite like this. For the […]

Hecate

Lady Macbeth is reviled as part of the villainous couple in Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish Play’, but why did she persuade Macbeth to go through with their bloody plan to take Scotland’s crown? Was she simply greedy & ambitious, or were there more sinister forces at work? Little Shakespeare Company proffers an explanation in their new play […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s August 2018

Though at the moment it looks quiet, I have finally got a draft schedule together for my time in Edinburgh, and it seems as if my plan to ease myself in has just gone out of the window… It’s going to be a hectic week for me up there, but it has to be done! […]

Knights of the Rose

Since its announcement back in March, the Arts Theatre’s latest show has been causing quite a stir in the capital – from a multitude of posters, to performances at West End LIVE and a horseback photo shoot on Tower Bridge. It is now open and is due to have a fairly limited run over the […]

“We are a powder keg about to explode”

A hip-hop musical about a section of American history which sees British rule overthrown and a new republic created; a story that’s probably quite unfamiliar to many native Brits. It’s not on the history curriculum for one thing – when I was at school, once you got to a particular stage in your education the […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Faction)

Whilst there may have been countless productions of this particular Shakespeare play in the last two years alone, A Midsummer Night’s Dream‘s enduring popularity has made it The Faction’s latest target. The Bard’s well-loved comedy is the company’s 10th show since their formation in 2008 – you may remember their notable Much Ado About Nothing, […]

2018 mid-year update

Where have those six months gone? The year started off quite slow and steady, but all of a sudden things have picked up the pace again… It’s as if I never attempted to take things a little easier! As of this evening, I’ve managed to fit in 110 different shows – plus there are the […]

Globe 2018: The Winter’s Tale

Blanche McIntyre returns to the Globe to direct a new production of The Winter’s Tale. It was last seen at the Shakespeare’s Globe site in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2016 (not long after the Branagh Theatre Company had finished their run of the same play at the Garrick), and now forms part of the ‘Emilia’ […]