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Reviews
Othello: William Shakespeare RSC, Stratford Upon AvonRuns, until 23 November 2024, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Roderick Dungate, AD Performance.
“Every drop of drama, not a single drop of melodrama.”
Photo Credit: Johan Persson.
Pericles: William Shakespeare, RSC @ The Swan, Stratford Upon Avon. Runs until 21 September 2024, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“An episodic fantasy with a satisfying sense of unity.”
Photo Credit: Johan Persson
School for Scandal: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, RSC at RST, Stratford Upon Avon, until 22 August 2024, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Intelligent, witty, funny, flawed (but not fatally).”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
Kyoto: Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson, RSC, The Swan, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Thought provoking, multi-layered, irritating, sometimes lacks clarity.”
Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan.
The Merry Wives of Windsor: William Shakespeare RSC, Stratford Upon Avon, runs until 07 September 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“The play may creak a bit, but the production never ever does.”
Budda of Suburbia: Adapted by Hanif Kureishi and Emma Rice, from the novel by Hanif Kureishi, RSC, The Swan, Stratford Upon Avon. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review : Roderick Dungate.
“Marvellous adaptation of a superb novel.”
Photo Credit: Steve Tanner.
English: Sanaz ToossiRSC. The Other Place, Stratford Upon Avon, until 01 June. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Multi-Layered Exploration of Identity.”
Photo Credit: Richard Davenport
Love’s Labours Lost: William ShakespeareRSC@ RST, Stratford Upon AvonRuns: 3h One interval, till 18 May. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: Roderick Dungate. AD Performance, 11 May 2024.
“A Love’s Labours Lost that fits our age.”
Photo Credit: Johan Persson
Ben and Imo: Mark Ravenhill Swan Theatre, RSC, Stratford Upon Avon, until 06 April 2024. 23 March 2024 (AD Performance). 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Totally thrilling.”
Photo Credit: Ellie Kurttz (c) RSC
Midsummer Night’s Dream: William Shakespeare RSC, RSC, RST. Stratford Upon AvonRuns: 2hrs 50mins till 30 March 2024; One interval. Review: 17 February 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: Roderick Dungate.
“A boisterous Midsummer Night’s Dream, very good in part; Creative Audio Description an excellent initiative but a work in progress”
Fair Maid of the West Isobel McArthur, after Thomas Heywood, RSC, The Swan, Stratford Upon Avon, till 14 January 2024. 4****: Roderick Dungate.
“A Seasonal Rom Oozing with Good Will and Good Cheer.”
Photo: Courtesy of RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Box of Delights: John Masefield - adapted by Piers Torday, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon, Runs: ‘till 07 January 2024. 4****: Roderick Dungate.
“As tasty as buttered eggs!”
Photo: Courtesy of RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Cowbois: Charlie Josephine, RSC, The Swan: Stratford Upon Avon, till 18 November, 2023. 4****: Roderick Dungate.
‘Drama goes where other debates cannot reach.’
Photo: Courtesy of RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Merchant of Venice: William ShakespeareThe Swan, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford Upon Avon. Runs: 2h 10m , one interval. 5*****: Roderick Dungate.
‘Firm hands, sharp intellects, frightening clarity.’
MacBeth: William Shakespeare RSC, Stratford Upon Avon. Performance: Audio described performance Runs: 3h 15m, one interval, till 14 October, 2023. 2 **: Roderick Dungate.
‘A production that looks for the effect of everything but finds the value of nothing.’
As You Like It, William Shakespeare RSC: Main House, Stratford Upon Avon , till 05 August, 2023. 5*****: Roderick Dungate.
A clever idea reveals the play in a gentle and moving performance.