Phoenix Rising Nicola Watkinson 25/09/2015 Phoenix Rising: The Young D. H. Lawrence originally came into existence in 1985, as Kay and Slack (then a young drama student) bonded over their Notti...
Macbeth Nicola Watkinson 13/08/2015 In this stripped-back, deeply psychological production of Macbeth, the stage is dark and hung with criss-crossing trapeze wires – a questionable move,...
The Tempest Nicola Watkinson 10/08/2015 Krzysztof Garbaczewski’s adaptation of The Tempest is daring: it questions what is the best way to perform Shakespeare, and challenges sexual and gend...
Julius Caesar Nicola Watkinson 10/08/2015 Sturua’s Julius Caesar sees the action of the play transferred from Ancient Rome to gangster-era America, with the senators dressed in suits and fedor...
Hamlet: Who’s There? Nicola Watkinson 05/08/2015 Hamlet is usually considered to be Shakespeare’s longest play, with the full text taking about five hours to perform. It’s not unusual, then, for dire...
Tamási Áron Theatre – Hamlet Nicola Watkinson 05/08/2015 This production has an extremely promising opening: in total darkness, two skull-shaped lanterns converse in gravelly, ghostly voices, using the grave...
The Tiger Lillies Perform Hamlet Nicola Watkinson 05/08/2015 The Tiger Lillies – described on Wikipedia as the forefathers of Brechtian Punk Cabaret – were never going to have a conventional take on Hamlet. The ...
Every Brilliant Thing Nicola Watkinson 08/07/2015 Poignant, funny, serious, naive, sophisticated... Every Brilliant Thing is an outstanding piece of theatre. The venue, a pop-up theatre that is assemb...
Flames Nicola Watkinson 22/05/2015 In a tiny theatre in an unused railway arch, a thrilling psychological drama unfolds. Flames follows Meredith, who visits her fiancé Edmund’s grave on...
The Great Gatsby Nicola Watkinson 25/03/2015 The Great Gatsby is a novel which has captured the minds and hearts of readers for almost 100 years; this ballet has the power to do the same. Somehow...
