Aug 12, 2009 | Greek Tragedy, National Theatre, Reviews | Leave a comment
Hytner makes a shrewd directorial choice to modernise Jean Racine’s 17th century classic tragedy and tackles it as a psychodrama.
Aug 9, 2009 | Reviews, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe | 4 comments
There are some glimmers of directorial genius—Dunster triumphs when tackling the play’s sombre moments—but that, alone, is not enough to save the show.
Aug 5, 2009 | National Theatre, Physical Theatre, Reviews, Shakespeare | Leave a comment
Can a Shakespearean play work without Shakespeare’s language? Pawel Szkotak proves so in his nightmarishly perverse adaptation of Macbeth.
Jul 23, 2009 | Old Vic, Reviews, Shakespeare | 4 comments
What else could be more representative of this transatlantic project than Sam Mendes relocating Sicilia and Bohemia to England and the US in the 18th century?
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