Bristol Old VicNarrating his life via sonnets and speeches, the motormouth comic delivers a show that is both egotistical and endearing'I'm trying to alchemise the work of our greatest playwright," says Russell Brand, "into a tonic for our times." My Life by Shakespeare may be a departure for Brand, and yet " as per this casting of Shakespeare as base metal awaiting Brand's magic touch " not so much of a departure as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM on November 21, 2018