Medea – for London Theatre Guide
Among the many horror stories told by the Greek tragedians, Euripides’ Medea is often cited as one of the most horrifying: the mother who kills her children, going against her…
Medea at the National Theatre – for Theatrecat
Libby Purves kindly invited me to review the National Theatre’s new version of Euripides’ Medea for her website, Theatrecat.com. It is always exciting to have a new Medea, possibly the…
Julius Caesar, The Globe, SE1 – for Londontheatre.co.uk
What happens when a great man falls? And what happens to you, if you were the one to make him fall? Above all, what happens to your society, his society,…
Julius Caesar – for Theatrecat.com
Julius Caesar unpicks the psychology of assassination: its anticipation, in frenzied and anxious plotting, polarising political ideals; and its aftermath, in which mutual suspicion leads to betrayal, mistake and unbridled bloodshed.…
Midsummer Mischief Programme B – for Theatrecat
I reviewed Midsummer Mischief Programme B at the kind invitation of Libby Purves, for her website Theatrecat.com. I CAN HEAR YOU – E.V. Crowe Starkly funny, E.V. Crowe’s play shows us how…
Midsummer Mischief A at the RSC: new works by Timberlake Wertenbaker and Alice Birch
Libby Purves kindly invited me to review at the RSC for her website Theatrecat.com. There were two plays in Midsummer Mischief Programme A: THE ANT AND THE CICADA – Timberlake…