REVIEW: The Mirror and the Light, Gielgud Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Julian Eaves reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Mirror and the Light now playing at the Gielgud Theatre, London.
Hilary Mantel
The Mirror and the Light announces casting for Gielgud Theatre season
Casting has been announced for the RSC’s stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light at the Gielgud Theatre, London.
Wolf Hall To Open On Broadway This Spring
After critically acclaimed runs at both Stratford-upon-Avon and the Aldwych Theatre in London, the hugely successful Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2 will arrive on Broadway on the first day of spring, Friday 20th March 2015, and thus officially usher in the spring season. The productions will continue playing to packed houses in the West End until Saturday 4 October. Based on the best selling novels by Dame Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2 will invite theatre goers to be part of a unique theatrical experience, similar to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s award winning production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2 are adapted by Mike Poulton from Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. The plays are based on the deceit, betrayal, and intrigue of the court of Henry VIII. The production features … Read more
REVIEW: Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, RSC ✭✭✭✭✭
It is as near perfect a piece of dramatic theatre as one is ever likely to see. What Herrin and his team have achieved here is utterly, unquestionably remarkable. It is good old-fashioned entertaining theatre, built solidly with fine acting and a tremendous narrative. There are no “concepts” here – just a desire to tell a marvellous theatrical tale.
