Romeo and Juliet Nicola Watkinson 07/11/2018 The RSC’s production of Romeo and Juliet takes place on an almost entirely bare stage, the only set piece a concrete (or concrete-looking) cube in the...
The Importance of Being Earnest Nicola Watkinson 19/04/2018 The Importance of Being Earnest is probably Oscar Wilde’s best-known work - and rightly so. The comedy of manners follows two young men, both of whom ...
Jane Eyre Nicola Watkinson 09/03/2018 One of the most famous passages in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre comes when the eponymous Jane, after discovering that her fiancé Rochester has lied to...
Hedda Gabler Nicola Watkinson 22/02/2018 The National Theatre’s production of Hedda Gabler opens with Hedda and Berte, her maid, seated on stage. While other characters appear and talk to Ber...
Evros: The Crossing River Nicola Watkinson 04/08/2017 Seemia Theatre’s new production, Evros, seeks to immerse the audience in the present refugee crisis: we follow Doaa, a nineteen year-old Syrian girl, ...
Tejas Verdes Nicola Watkinson 03/04/2017 In 1973, the democratically elected socialist government of Chile was overthrown by a military coup; the new authoritarian government, led by General ...
Nutcracker Nicola Watkinson 17/12/2016 English National Ballet’s Nutcracker attempts to present a traditional ballet with a darker edge; the Mouse King returns throughout, his presence felt...
King Lear Nicola Watkinson 02/12/2016 King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s bleakest plays: revolving around broken family ties, jealousy, betrayal, corruption, and madness, it addresses the p...
Anna Karenina Nicola Watkinson 26/10/2016 Art-Vic’s new production of Anna Karenina is performed without a set, against a black backdrop decorated with train track patterns. Before the play ev...
The Slave Nicola Watkinson 25/10/2016 LeRoi Jones’ play The Slave is described as ‘angry, passionate, and unapologetic’; unfortunately, in this production at least, this passion does not m...
