Hamlet (Susan Elkin reviews)
I’m struck, not for the first time, by how well Hamlet works midsummer in the open air. It gives you the gravediggers...
I’m struck, not for the first time, by how well Hamlet works midsummer in the open air. It gives you the gravediggers...
The quality of performance and the imaginative direction and other hard work which has gone into this production are, I’m afraid, in...
Edna O’Brien’s own dramatisation of her iconic, cat-among-the-pigeons 1960 novel is good in parts but, sadly, the converse is also true. It...
The Who’s Tommy continues at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London until 17 June, then tours until 1 July. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This...
A weight-loss class or group attracts people disparately. The dynamic as they ‘bond’ has such strong theatrical potential that it’s surprising that...
Edgar Allan Poe was an American contemporary of the Brontes. Like them he died young. And also like them, he was fascinated...
For a show which was originally staged in the open air (first as a Chichester Festival Theatre production and then at Regents...
Farce is probably the hardest theatrical form to bring off. It requires speed, precision and impeccable timing. Amateurs beware. Congratulations, then, to...