

A World Without Love
✮✮✮ 1/2 Shakespeare's Richard III Bell Shakespeare | Sydney directed by Peter Evans Born ugly, Richard never understood what it is to be...


When in Rome...
✮✮✮✮ Shakespeare's Roman Tragedies Barbican Theatre | London directed by Ivo van Hove Politics can be murder. In the current climate of...


King of Finite Space
✮✮✮ Shakespeare's Hamlet Almeida Theatre | London directed by Robert Icke Nothing quite divides the camps like a starry Hamlet, and the...


Do You Dare to Dream?
✮✮✮✮ Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Young Vic | London directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play within a...


The Best Lear in Town
✮✮✮✮ Shakespeare's King Lear Barbican Theatre | London directed by Gregory Doran Glenda Jackson's must-see Lear at the Old Vic may be...


Who Is It That Can Tell Me Who I Am?
✮✮✮ Shakespeare's King Lear The Old Vic Theatre | London directed by Deborah Warner Glenda Jackson is King Lear! Two-time Oscar winning...


The Persistence of Toxic Masculinity
✮✮✮ Shakespeare's Othello Bell Shakespeare Company | Sydney directed by Peter Evans As the saying goes, “well behaved women seldom make...


Sex & Gore: Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
✮✮✮✮ Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Sydney Theatre Company | Sydney directed by Kip Williams Characters get up to a lot of...


Purists - Steer Clear
✮✮✮ 1/2 Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Southwark Playhouse | London directed by Simon Evans A little too self-congratulatory at...


The Burden of a Star That Shines Too Bright
✮✮✮ Shakespeare's King Lear Sydney Theatre Company | Sydney directed by Neil Armfield Lear finds himself rejected by all his daughters,...