Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet to Summerhall
Glasgow’s acclaimed Bard in the Botanics company is making its first ever foray to the Capital this week, when it brings its five performer production of Romeo and Juliet to Summerhall.
Æ News – No Sorrow for Such Tweet
Twitter version of Romeo and Juliet up for two awards By Thom Dibdin Such Tweet Sorrow, the RSC’s twitter version of Romeo and Juliet which ran online in the Spring of this year, has been recognised with nominations in both the annual British Interactive Media Awards and the Royal Television Society awards. The performance, which […]
Theatre Review – Romeo and Juliet
✭✭✭✭✩ Astonishingly vivid:
Simple, clear and astonishingly vivid, Tony Cownie has taken Shakespeare’s most performed play and, with one brilliant little twist, created a fresh and timely production.
Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries…
You can forget your Romeo and put your Juliet to one side – when it came to Such Tweet Sorrow, the RSC’s social media version of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, the people’s favourite was Mercutio.
Thus with a tweet I die…
After an emotional five weeks Such Tweet Sorrow, the RSC’s social media production of Romeo and Juliet, is done. The Annals of Edinburgh Stage interviewed James Barrett, #suchtweet Romeo, about the experience. By Thom Dibdin It took its time getting off the ground, and sprang surprises on the audience, the performers and the production company […]
Death comes to Twitterland
Director Interview:
As Such Tweet Sorrow’s followers are rocked by the double deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt, the Annals of Edinburgh Stage publishes this in-depth interview with the production’s director, Roxana Silbert
Review – Such Tweet Sorrow Week 2
* * * On Twitter By Thom Dibdin Love has triumphed over controversy in the second week of Such Tweet Sorrow, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s experimental drama based on a modern version of Romeo and Juliet, but told through Twitter and other social media. A week which started with the first on-tweet confrontation between the […]
Review – Such Tweet Sorrow
At last, it has all kicked off in Such Tweet Sorrow, with the first real piece of action after the production had been going for just four days. * * * * By Thom Dibdin Brilliant in concept, timely in its production and horrifyingly time-consuming to witness, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest offering to the […]
Such Tweeting Sorrow
Shakespeare Tweets Out
Romeo and Juliet is being brought into the social media revolution in a brave new experiment from the Royal Shakespeare Company called Such Tweet Sorrow.
