Gregory Doran to step down as RSC Artistic Director
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that Gregory Doran will step down as Artistic Director
Gregory Doran
Casting announced for RSC’s The Boy In The Dress musical
Casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of new musical The Boy In The Dress opening in Straford in November 2019.
REVIEW: Imperium Parts 1 and 2, Gielgud Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews Imperium, the RSC adaptation by Mike Poulton of Robert Harris’s Cicero novels now playing at the Gielgud Theatre.
REVIEW: Death Of A Salesman, Royal Shakespeare Theatre ✭✭✭
The role of Willy Loman is very exacting, requiring great range and subtlety from the actor. The single greatest requirement, though, is for the actor to be Loman rather than to play him; there needs to be total immersion in the character, and the character’s different stages. It must be possible to see the Loman who so enthralled and impressed his sons, the Loman who believed in the Dream and to contrast that against the Loman who is engulfed, diminished, destroyed. Antony Sher gives a prickly, vigorous, erratically explosive performance. He might wear Loman’s skin but he never gets under it.
REVIEW: The Shoemaker’s Holiday, Swan Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Breen squeezes every bit of comedic possibility from the play. The repertory company, so good in the dramatic and enthralling Oppenheimer, prove to be equally skilled in the bawdy comedy department. There are sly asides, vicious insults, dirty double entendres, rowdy gags, silly accent routines, fart jokes, catch-phrase jollity, physical comedy, costume comedy, sight gags, clowning – you name it, it can be found in Breen’s lucid, fast-moving and hugely enjoyable production.
REVIEW: The Witch Of Edmonton, Swan Theatre ✭✭✭✭
A beautiful, sometimes shocking, sometimes haunting, production of an intricate and detailed dissection of human frailty and weakness. Doran lavishes great care and attention on the task of illuminating the text, telling the story in an engrossing way. Niki Turner’s spare, but stunningly effective design, aids immeasurably.
REVIEW: Two Gentlemen Of Verona, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre ✭✭✭✭
It’s wonderful seeing a little play, virtually unknown, on the main stage at Stratford. An auspicious debut for Godwin and another good sign about Gregory Doran’s stewardship of the RSC.
REVIEW: Henry IV Part One, RSC ✭✭✭
Perhaps it was just that Richard II promised so much, but this Henry IV Part One did not make one long for Part Two.
