Swedish choreographer Mats Ek shocked the dance world when he announced in January that he would be retiring his repertoire of works from the world stage. The news means Southern California …
The Mechanical Theater's 'Romeo and Juliet' makes the play a bite-sized comedy while maintaining its tragic proportions.
The audience in the Opera House at the Kennedy Center last night was buzzing for the North American Premiere of Juliet and Romeo by the choreographer Mats Ek, performed by the Swedish Nation…
Mats Ek's version honors its Renaissance source while tying it directly to our current world.
The Swedes take on an old classic and make it relevant. Mats Ek's Juliet and Romeo for the Royal Swedish Ballet, at The Kennedy Center for only four more shows, is a bold retelling of Shakes…
New ''Threepenny Opera'' on London stage delivers on promise of Brecht and Weill's classic.
This week the London theatre bloggers discuss Kenneth Branagh's star-studded West End Romeo and Juliet, plus Blue/Orange revived at the Young Vic and the UK premiere of The Flick at the Nati…
Sadler's Wells, LondonDespite some rich choreography, this dark and intimate reworking of the classic tale fails to deliver on its initial promiseMats Ek has always taken a radical line with…
Sadler's WellsMats Ek evokes the divided world in which the star-crossed lovers are raised in his thrilling adaptationWhen the veteran Swedish choreographer Mats Ek approaches a ballet narra…
Kenneth Branagh said to The Stage last year that staging Romeo and Juliet carried a sense of "unfinished business", and as companies
Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford direct Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the penultimate show of the Branagh Company's year long residency at the Garrick Theatre. This well-known cast includes…
Garrick, LondonLily James and Richard Madden certainly look the part, but are doomed by their dictionIt's easy to think the famous golden lines, the swift, sad arc of Romeo and Juliet will c…
Starring Lily James and Richard Madden, Romeo & Juliet is the latest in the Kenneth Branagh Theatre's season of work at the Garrick Theatre. It runs until 13 August 2016. But does it wo…
It's being touted as the linchpin of the Branagh Theatre season at the Garrick, but aren't we sick of Romeo and Juliet by now? There must be over 100 performances a year in London alone, so …
Neither love nor hate make this "Romeo and Juliet" — the best so far of Kenneth Branagh's ongoing season of West End plays — but haste. The actor-manager and his co-director Rob …
TheKenneth BranaghTheatre Company presents Romeo and Juliet, the fifth production in the inaugural Plays at the Garrick season. The cast featuresLily JamesJuliet,Richard MaddenRomeo,Derek Ja…
TheKenneth BranaghTheatre Company presents Romeo and Juliet, the fifth production in the inaugural Plays at the Garrick season. The cast featuresLily JamesJuliet,Richard MaddenRomeo,Derek Ja…
The latest show in the Kenneth Branagh season opened at the Garrick Theatre on Wednesday
Garrick theatre, LondonLily James's Juliet has a boozy balcony scene, Richard Madden's Romeo seems genuinely inflamed by love and Derek Jacobi is a lounge-lizard MercutioThere are many ways …
Richard Madden and Lily James are reunited on stage by their 'Cinderella' director Kenneth Branagh for this London production.read more
Kenneth Branagh's entire season has been built on one universal truth. From star to stage-sweeper, pack the production with the best talent and glorious things will inevitably follow. Why th…
Kenneth Branagh's penultimate show in his West End season has Richard Madden and Lily James as the star crossed lovers
Trouble remembering in which country Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers cross paths? Branagh's panting paean to Fellini will sort you out. Stylish as a monochromatic Vogue spread, and as self…
The setting of 1950s Verona is mucho, mucho Italiano, but it also proves an effective backdrop for the star-crossed lovers
Take a look at the actress ahead of opening night of the latest show in the Kenneth Branagh season