Welcome to Borduria, the country inhabiting all fictional characters. Goldilocks lives in Northern Borduria but the portal in a basement of the brutalist Balfron tower in East London leads straight to the grim South where the unscrupulous and scheming Macbeths reside. Alongside these fictional characters…
Tag: shakespeare
Bonny but not blithe: Much Ado About Nothing (for Christmas!) at the Park Theatre
Slightly unremarkable is probably the most fitting way to describe ACS Random’s production of this much loved Shakespeare play. The intriguing idea of setting the piece in a 1940s post-war setting is sunk by unnecessary sincerity and not enough sparkiness. At the Park Theatre. Newsflash:…
Sexual politics unraveled: Measure for Measure at the Union Theatre
The Steam Industry presents an innovative approach to a well-loved piece. It’s clever, looks gorgeous and only just falls short of being an unmissable production. At the Union Theatre. Shakespeare’s problem plays are neither comedy or tragedy, and they always feel like a bit of…
Waiting on jokes: A Bit of A Hitch/Waiting on Shakespeare at the Courtyard Theatre
Writer-director Michael Harry takes on two of the greatest British storytellers, one classic and one more recent, to create homages that throws their characters into the deep end and drown them in a sea of knowing references and silly costumes. At the Courtyard Theatre. Silly…