Juliet Stevenson: how I learned to love Beckett
Playing Winnie in Happy Days caused a lot of physical pain but it was worth it to deliver the exquisite rhythms of Becketts text Up to our necks in Beckett: Natalie Abrahami on making Mayday…
Playing Winnie in Happy Days caused a lot of physical pain but it was worth it to deliver the exquisite rhythms of Becketts text Up to our necks in Beckett: Natalie Abrahami on making Mayday…
Inspired by the Young Vic theatre's acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, Mayday reunites Juliet Stevenson and the director Natalie Abrahami. Written by Nancy Harris, the film…
Victoria Baths, ManchesterStaging Shakespeares tragedy in a swimming baths might have seemed like a good idea, but the production quickly gets into deep water Continue reading...
Sadlers WellsMats Ek evokes the divided world in which the star-crossed lovers are raised in his thrilling adaptation Continue reading...
Sadlers Wells, LondonDespite some rich choreography, this dark and intimate reworking of the classic tale fails to deliver on its initial promise Continue reading...
Sadler's Wells, London: This isn't your ordinary Romeo and Juliet ballet: set to an adapted arrangement of Tchaikovsky's score, rather than the traditional Prokofiev work, it strip…
You might be tempted, early on, to lose patience with this peripatetic production of Romeo and Juliet. But that would be a big mistake, for it concludes with one of the most breath-taking sc…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the hilarious Charley Chase short Bromo and Juliet (1926) directed by Leo McCarey. In this silent comedy classic Charley plays a you…
Kristy Stott finds beauty in this invigorating production of the star crossed lovers at Victoria Swimming Baths, by HOME.
Victoria Baths, ManchesterAn Edwardian water palace provides an impressive air of genteel if chlorinated decay for Homes innovative promenade performance Continue reading...
Victoria Baths, Manchester: When Manchester's Library Theatre merged with art-house cinema Cornerhouse to form Home - which opens in an impressive £25 million building next sp…
Instead of that small well-worn stone balcony in that courtyard in Verona, picture an extended well-worn cast-iron balcony in the Victoria Baths in Manchester. The young lovers have ample ro…
There’s a new theater company in town, and months before their first show (Romeo and Juliet done Bollywood style), they’re already making waves with a huge launch party in Septem…
Dances Patrelle Presents Romeo and Juliet Off Off Broadway, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College Reviewed by Jane Sato BOTTOM LINE: This technically presentation of Romeo and Juliet shows …
The star-studded family drama "Days and Nights," directed by Christian Camargo, will open Sept. 26 at the IFC Center in New York.
Set in Temple Church, in the isolated medieval splendour of the area between Fleet Street and Embankment, Antic Disposition’s Romeo and Juliet is seen in the round, underneath the twel…
The ancient beauty of Temple Church makes a stunning venue for this stirring production from Antic Disposition
Sara Vickers, recently seen as Joan Thursday in ITV's drama Endeavour, plays Juliet in HOME's Romeo & Juliet at Victoria Baths. We find out why this more than a retread of the Bard's…
'Lots of people want to do something onstage; Joe and Nancy are'
A Tender Thing takes speeches from Romeo and Juliet, chops them up, and quite often assigns them to different actors.
In the past year, I've been lucky to experience two productions of Romeo and Juliet that not only grasped the beauty and terror of the story, but also revered it. The first was Joffrey Balle…
The Mariinsky Ballet opens its London season with radiant young lovers in a creaky old production.
Royal Opera House, LondonLavrovsky's creaky Romeo and Juliet is made mesmerising by the Mariinsky's star dancers Continue reading...
It just wouldn't be summer without an alfresco Shakespearean performance. Settling down for a picnic, a tipple and the words of the Bard has become a staple of the theatrical calendar, and t…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe violence is hammy, as are some performances in Lavrovsky's seminal ballet, but Vladimir Shklyarov and Diana Vishneva are nearly flawless Continue reading...