Reviewer's Rating Jane Eyre Nicola Watkinson 09/03/2018One of the most famous passages in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre comes when the eponymous Jane, after discovering that her...
Hedda Gabler Nicola Watkinson 22/02/2018The National Theatre’s production of Hedda Gabler opens with Hedda and Berte, her maid, seated on stage. While other characters...
Reviewer's Rating Tejas Verdes Nicola Watkinson 03/04/2017n 1973, the democratically elected socialist government of Chile was overthrown by a military coup; the new authoritarian government, led...
Reviewer's Rating Nutcracker Nicola Watkinson 17/12/2016nglish National Ballet’s Nutcracker attempts to present a traditional ballet with a darker edge; the Mouse King returns throughout, his...
Reviewer's Rating Anna Karenina Nicola Watkinson 26/10/2016rt-Vic’s new production of Anna Karenina is performed without a set, against a black backdrop decorated with train track patterns....
Reviewer's Rating The Slave Nicola Watkinson 25/10/2016eRoi Jones’ play The Slave is described as ‘angry, passionate, and unapologetic’; unfortunately, in this production at least, this passion...
War Paint Nicola Watkinson 26/09/2016ar Paint is an immersive theatrical experience located in a Marylebone flat; the audience is invited to walk through the...
Reviewer's Rating dreamplay Nicola Watkinson 14/09/2016AZ Productions’ dreamplay promises us a ‘dream-journey to find the door behind which everything is answered.’ Unfortunately, although perhaps unsurprisingly,...
Reviewer's Rating Cabaret Nicola Watkinson 14/07/2016am Mendes and Rob Marshall’s production of Cabaret, first performed on Broadway in 1998 and revived at Studio 54 in...
Reviewer's Rating Romeo and Juliet Nicola Watkinson 24/06/2016ow, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring. So says Benvolio in Act III of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet;...