REVIEW: Coriolanus, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield ✭✭✭✭
Gary Stringer reviews William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Until 28 March 2020. Book Now!
Gary Stringer reviews William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Until 28 March 2020. Book Now!
Full casting has been announced for Sheffield Theatre’s production of Coriolanus to be adapted and directed by Robert Hastie in March 2020.
The RSC has announced full casting for Angus Jackson’s upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. Presented as part of the Rome season, Coriolanus will join Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Titus Andronicus in the company’s repertoire before transferring to London’s Barbican Theatre from 6 November 2017. As previously announced playing the title role is Sope Dirisu, who most recently performed as Cassisus Clay in One Night in Miami (Donmar Warehouse) and ITV’s The Halcyon. He is joined by Haydn Gwynne who returns to the RSC after 11 years to play his mother, Volumnia. Haydn can currently be seen as Camilla in series two of Channel 4’s The Windsors. Her other credits include The Threepenny Opera (National Theatre); as Margaret Thatcher in The Audience and in TV’s Father Brown, Uncle and Death in Paradise. Also returning to the RSC is Associate Artist Paul Jesson who plays Menenius. Paul was last … Read more
As Act One trundles along, there is absolutely no sense that anyone on stage has any idea what they are doing or why.