Birmingham Rep; Coliseum; Barbican; Soho theatre, LondonBruce Robinson's new adaptation of his cult film is too theatrical by half; the latest staged Studio Ghibli fantasy is more effects than feeling; and all hail Isabelle Huppert's many Marys in Robert Wilson's magical production I had never thought of Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I as being theatre-infused. Too grime-groaning for that, what with rats in the oven,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM on May 19, 2024