Old Vic Theatre announces new productions for 2019
The Old Vic Theatre has announced an Arthur Miller double bill and a new play by Lucy Prebble in 2019 plus further casting for its production of A Christmas Carol.
Michael Rouse
REVIEW: Superhero, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭✭
I am going to give nothing away about the ‘plot’, because it’s just so deliciously ingenious and I don’t want to rob you of a single moment’s pleasure
REVIEW: All On Her Own – Harlequinade, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
The revival of Harlequinade, directed by Branagh and Ashford, now playing at the Garrick Theatre (in a 100 minute experience that includes All On Her Own and no intervals) is something of a revelation. Mostly, Harlequinade is seen in conjunction with The Browning Version, one of Rattigan’s masterpieces, usually as a curtain raiser. To my mind, that combination has never worked and Harlequinade has always seemed pale and irksome by comparison with The Browning Version. But, here, released from the curtain raiser position, placed directly in the spotlight, splendidly set up by the intense darkness of All On Her Own, the play can shine.
REVIEW: The Winter’s Tale, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭✭
Dench’s verse speaking is unrivalled. She picks each word and gives it full, accurate weight, landing the sense, purpose and exact emotion of every glittering phrase. She is wily, wise and wonderful. Her pained berating of Leontes when she tells him Hermione is dead is one of the greatest moments in theatre I have ever witnessed. So powerful, it knocks the breath from your body.
