Posts filed under “theatre”.
Waiting for Godot – a review
“There are no more juicy parts amongst modern classics than Didi and Gogo—Vladimir and Estragon to you—the tramps who wait for Godot.” Ian McKellen
Tricksy Spirits and Odd Lads
‘It’s also been a lifelong ambition of mine to be on stage with John Kani. So this feels like all my dreams coming true.’
Antony Sher
The House of Bernarda Alba
The play explores themes of repression, passion, and conformity, and inspects the effects of men upon women. Bernarda’s cruel tyranny over her daughters foreshadows the stifling nature of Franco’s fascist regime, which was to arrive just a few weeks after Lorca finished writing his play. Lorca was executed by fascist guards shortly after the outbreak of Civil War in July 1936.
The RSC’s Othello
There has been much talk and speculation about the Lenny Henry Othello at the Leeds Playhouse, so much so that the current touring production from the Royal Shakespeare Company has tended to get a little lost.
The Oresteia – a review
This translation and production will not, I suspect, be praised by lovers of traditional Greek drama. On the other hand there were, in the audience, a goodly number of teenagers, most of whom looked as if they would have been more at home in a scary movie. It would have been interesting to talk to some of them after the show. There was blood aplenty, over-the-top physical action from a young and dynamic cast, risqué jokes and wordplay, and zombies and ghosts enough for the imaginative life of the most wayward of adolescents.
