Romeo and Juliet's illicit meeting at the Capulets' primal masked ball is a pitch-perfect blend of heightened romance and snogging at the school disco... more
Dame Judi Dench has clashed with a star theatre director over her view that today’s new generation of actors are obsessed with films rather than the stage.... more
Six Characters in Search of an Author has been re‑created for a world eager to turn a blind eye to television's blurring of the lines between reality and illusion.
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The cast, venue and subject matter of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot make it difficult to fault. You could even rub shoulders with an Oscar-winning actor at the show - literally. ... more
Patrick Stewart's Macbeth catches both the man's fanaticism and his vacillating anguish as the historic production enjoys a perfect thrill-factor.... more
Rupert Goold's mesmerising kitchen-sink Macbeth's imaginative invention and capacity to generate shock, suspense and revulsion far exceeds Trevor Nunn's classic studio production in 1976.... more
A triumph of wit over substance it may be, but Rupert Goold's Faustus is nonetheless a triumph and this adaptation presents a smorgasbord of theatrical delights.... more
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