Richard III, Almeida, dir. Rupert Goold, Almeida Live. Royal Spa Centre cinema, Leamington. 21 July 2016. By Sarah Olive BardFeed 5 ways in which this Richard III is totally on trend that don’t involve comparing the protagonist and Michael Gove (that’s soooo passé). Applauding archaeology Archaeology is hot right now (literally, for those […]
Breath of Kings: Rebellion and Breath of Kings: Redemption, Stratford Festival, Dir. Weyni Mengesha and Mitchell Cushman, Assoc. Dir. Graham Abbey, at Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada. June 22, 2016 Reviewed by Regina Buccola Within a three-month span this summer I will have seen the first part of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s epic march through […]
The Taming of the Shrew @ Sport for Jove, Seymour Centre, Sydney, 19 and 28 May 2016 Reviewed by Penny Gay, University of Sydney Sport for Jove’s founding director, Damien Ryan, first mounted this production in 2012, and it returned recently for a brief but welcome re-run. Rather than seeing it in an outer Sydney suburb, I […]