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Oranges and Ink

A new play Oranges and Ink celebrates two extraordinary women from the seventeenth century: Aphra Behn and Nell Gwyn. Behn was one of the most popular...
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Richard II

In his adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Joe Hill-Gibbins channels Beckettian grotesque with great results by focusing on exaggeration and exces...
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Carmen

Barrie Kosky’s adaptation of Carmen is a bit hit-and-miss. There is plenty to enjoy, but aesthetically it is a crazy concoction that often distracts f...
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Measure for Measure

Josie O’Rourke’s adaptation of Measure for Measure, probably Shakespeare’s most famous so-called problem play, is frankly unnerving and infuriating - ...
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Macbeth

Polly Findlay’s modern costume staging of Macbeth, which transferred from the RSC to London’s Barbican, is this year’s definitive production of Shakes...
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othellomacbeth

I do like all theatrical experiments that breathe new life into the classics and make them more relevant for our time. I am a big fan of audacious Sha...
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The Woods

Yet another premiere of a new play at the Royal Court, this time The Woods by Robert Alan Evans, impresses and proves that contemporary British drama ...
Julius Caesar The Bridge Theatre, London
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Julius Caesar

Can you get away with a timeless, universal staging of Julius Caesar in the ever-dividing world we live in? Nicholas Hytner just did, with his tense, ...