REVIEW: Medea, @SohoPlace ✭✭✭✭
Tim Hochstrasser reviews Dominic Cooke’s production of Euripides’ Medea starring Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels now at @SohoPlace, London.
Medea
Medea @SohoPlace to star Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels
Full casting has been announced for Medea starring Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels directed by Dominic Cooke @SohoPlace Theatre.
The Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2014 Winners
The Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2014 were hosted on Tuesday at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London. The Young Vic’s production of A View From The Bridge won two major awards including Best Director and Best Actor. As ever, the ceremony was an informal gathering of award recipients, the drama critics, theatre practitioners and the media, convivially coming together to celebrate the critics’ personal choice of the best theatre from throughout the UK during the last calendar year. Comedian Arthur Smith introduced proceedings with his own inimitable style, as has become a well-loved tradition. WINNERS Best New Play : King Charles III by Mike Bartlett Almeida Theatre, London, followed by transfer to Wyndham’s Theatre, London The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical [new or revival] : Gypsy Festival Theatre, Chichester, followed by 2015 transfer to Savoy Theatre, London Best Actor : Mark Strong in A View from the Bridge Young … Read more
REVIEW: Medea, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭
McCrory achieves that almost impossible feat – she makes you understand, care for and empathise with Medea’s situation. You feel her pain and fear and disgust and rage as surely as you feel your own heart beat faster as the horror unfolds.
