Shakespeare
Scots Macbeth gets world premiere
Edinburgh Theatre Arts will stage the world premiere of Robin Lorimer’s translation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth into Scots at St Ninian’s Hall, Edinburgh, on May 1, 2012.
Review – Julius Caesar
* * * By Thom Dibdin George Watson’s College George Watson’s S6 Drama course have created a clear and, ultimately, powerful production of Shakespeare’s great tragedy of the end Julius Caesar’s reign. Director Alfonso Iannone has had no truck with modernity for the staging. This is period Rome, complete with flashy breastplates and red-plumed helmets. […]
RSC Shakespeare Project for EIF 2012
Two productions for next year’s Edinburgh International Festival announced By Thom Dibdin A Polish version of Macbeth and the world premiere of a Russian version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream have been announced for next summer’s EIF, running from 10 August to 2 September, as part of the RSC’s World Shakespeare Festival. 2007: Macbeth […]
Æ Review – The Comedy of Errors
★★★☆☆
Cartoon capers cut right through to the heart of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors in the Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s twinkling new production up at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday.
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.
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 […]
Such Tweet Followers reach 5,000
Numbers game:
Such Tweet Sorrow, the RSC’s social media drama based on Romeo and Juliet, achieved its 5,000th follower on Sunday morning.
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 […]
