Othello Aleksandra Sakowska 16/10/2017 The National Youth Theatre ensemble gives a knockout performance in the Frantic Assembly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello. The vibrant, fast-moving...
The Tempest Aleksandra Sakowska 02/10/2017 Kate Stafford’s adaptation of The Tempest is an important contribution to multicultural Shakespeare which in her company’s version of the play brings ...
Mumburger Aleksandra Sakowska 03/07/2017 Bereavement as a topic of a play is always challenging and Sarah Kosar’s surreal take on this perhaps most profound experience in everyone’s life is o...
Ink Aleksandra Sakowska 03/07/2017 James Graham’s Ink directed by Rupert Goold is theatrical dynamite. It is also one of the more staggering experiences you can have as a theatre goer. ...
Richard III Aleksandra Sakowska 24/05/2017 Mehmet Ergen’s staging of Richard III is neither politically relevant nor entertaining. His contemporary take on Shakespeare’s story of the most viole...
Tamburlaine Aleksandra Sakowska 23/03/2017 This rare staging of Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine by a British East Asian company, Yellow Earth (formed in 1995) is rather disappointing because ...
Roman Tragedies Aleksandra Sakowska 19/03/2017 Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra is a total theatre experience. The Flemish director make...
Hamlet Aleksandra Sakowska 05/03/2017 Robert Icke’s Hamlet at Almeida Theatre is a resounding success. This is not because of the media hype associated with Andrew Scott’s turn as Moriarty...
Richard III Aleksandra Sakowska 18/02/2017 Thomas Ostermeier blatantly revealed in a 2015 interview with Joseph Pearson that with his adaptation of Richard III he wanted to celebrate evil on st...
King Lear Aleksandra Sakowska 09/11/2016 King Lear is perhaps the darkest tragedy written by Shakespeare. Its power lies in great emotions it stirs in audiences of all generations. The best s...
