Macbeth, OPRA Cymru, dir. by Patrick Young, 28 September 2013 at Y Llwyfan, Carmarthen. Review by Alun Thomas Judging by the small scattering of people at ‘Y Llwyfan’ tonight there doesn’t seem to be an overwhelming demand for Welsh-language Shakespeare in opera form. This is a shame, because OPRA Cymru’s adaptation of Verdi’s Macbeth is an […]
Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney, RSC Swan Theatre, November 2013. Review by Andrew Cowie. When Charles Spencer described the RSC’s 2013 Antony and Cleopatra in The Telegraph newspaper as a ‘travesty’ and ‘a fiasco’ connoisseurs of train-wreck theatre hurried to book their tickets. All the warning signs were there; a young American director, Tarell […]