Category: RSC
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Keith Stevenson in Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Road, White Bear Theatre (c) Erika Boxler * The Almeida's excellent production of Hamlet starring Andrew Scott is transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End in June. * And…not to take away from Hamlet's success but putting the tickets on sale at midnight,…
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REVIEW (contains potential spoilers) In 2011 Michael Sheen played Hamlet as the inmate of a mental hospital at the Young Vic hallucinating ghosts and prone to ranting and raving. Since then we've had a string of comparatively sane Hamlets, that is until now. The big difference in Robert Icke's approach, compared to Ian Rickson's, is…
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Photo by Paul Stuart (c) RSC The RSC's King Lear, which stars Antony Sher and is currently enjoying a season at London's Barbican Theatre, took me by surprise. Lear isn't a play I particularly like, despite repeated viewings in order to 'convert' my opinion. However, I think the RSC may have just made me a…
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Mark Lockyer (Subtle) and Ken Nwosu (Face) in The Alchemist. Photo by Helen Maybanks (c) RSC Every time a character mentions the philosopher's stone in The Alchemist I can't help but think of Harry Potter. If you don't know the play but know the Potter series then you'll understand why the very idea of the…
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Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet for the RSC 2016. Photo (c) Manuel Harlan I've seen Hamlet more times than any other play. I think my most recent trip to see Paapa Essiedu as the prince – directed by Simon Godwin for the RSC in Stratford – was my 15th different production. In a good Hamlet I'll…
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Sandy Grierson as Mephistopheles in Doctor Faustus Photo by Helen Maybanks (c) RSC Mephistopheles sits perched on his haunches, on a box like an bird or some cloven-hoofed half beast of the underworld. Soot blackened feet, white suit, no shirt he watches with just the merest hint of bemused satisfaction. Hell is all around us…
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On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death it seems appropriate to do a list: First Shakespeare I saw Midsummer Night's Dream at Tolethorpe Hall – Performed by a local am dram society outside in the grounds, the stage skirted by trees and shrubbery it was quite magical. The cast would just melt into the darkness…
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Now this is a proper trailer (other theatre companies take note) and this is how you generate more excitement for Hamlet, well for me at least. Benedict who? Can't wait to see it in May.