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Richard II – October 2013

Experience: 7/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Greg Doran Venue: RST Date: Wednesday 16th October 2013 It’s early days yet – tomorrow is the press night – and while some areas are patchy and...

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – October 2013

Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Michael Grandage Venue: Noel Coward Theatre Date: Wednesday 23rd October 2013 There was an unusual experience for us today; Steve rated this...

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Richard II (Understudies) – October 2013

Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Owen Horsley Venue: RST Date: Tuesday 29th October 2013 A very nervous assistant director spoke to us before this afternoon’s performance; forgetting...

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King Lear – November 2013 (1)

Experience: 7/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Angus Jackson Venue: Chichester Festival Theatre Date: Tuesday 5th November 2013 We’ve seen Frank Langella on stage before in Frost/Nixon so we knew...

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Richard II – November 2013

Experience: 9/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Gregory Doran Venue: RST Date: Thursday 7th November 2013 Prime seats tonight, looking straight down the centre aisle. As we suspected, the...

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – November 2013

Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Edward Hall Company: Propeller Venue: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Date: Tuesday 12th November 2013 Steve saw this production in 2003 in London. I say...

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Richard II – January 2014

Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Greg Doran Venue: Barbican Theatre Date: Wednesday 15th January 2014 Although we hadn’t been able to choose our seats for this performance, we were...

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King Lear – March 2014

Experience: 7/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Sam Mendes Venue: Olivier Theatre Date: Sunday 2nd March 2014 I was a little disappointed with this production today. I felt the concept didn’t quite...

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Titus Andronicus – July 2014

Experience: 6/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Lucy Bailey Venue: Shakespeare’s Globe Date: Wednesday 2nd July 2014 This rating was Steve’s – I chose to spend the second half in the Globe café so...

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Julius Caesar – July 2014

Experience: 7/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Dominic Dromgoole Venue: Shakespeare’s Globe Date: Tuesday 8th July 2014 This was a much better experience than our previous visit (Titus...

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Love’s Labour’s Lost – October 2014

Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Christopher Luscombe Venue: RST Date: Thursday 23rd October 2014 I was concerned during the early scenes of this performance that I wouldn’t enjoy...

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Love’s Labour’s Lost Understudies – October 2014

Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Guy Unsworth Company: RSC Understudies Venue: RST Date: Friday 24th October 2014 Our seats were much better for this performance – plum in the middle...

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Love’s Labour’s Won – October 2014

Experience: 9/10 aka Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Directed by Christopher Luscombe Venue: RST Date: Wednesday 29th October 2014 Brilliant. We’d heard from one or two sources that this...

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Henry IV part 1 – May 2014

Experience: 7/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Gregory Doran Venue: RST Date: Wednesday 28th May 2014 This is a rather clunky production at the moment, but there’s potential for improvement. We...

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Romeo And Juliet – February 2015

Experience: 7/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Polina Kalinina Company: SATTF Venue: Tobacco Factory Date: Friday 27th February 2015 For once, I’ll have to take my time describing the set for this...

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Romeo And Juliet – March 2015

Experience: 7/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Sally Cookson Venue: Rose Theatre, Kingston Date: Thursday 19th March 2015 One of the lovely things about the number of Shakespeare productions being...

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The Merchant Of Venice – May 2015

Experience: 6/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Polly Findlay Venue: RST Date: Tuesday 26th May 2015 This has only just been reviewed by the papers, so it’s still early in its run; hopefully it...

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Othello – July 2015

Experience: 5/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Iqbal Khan Venue: RST Date: Friday 24th July 2015 This was a strange experience. Both Steve and I rated one performance considerably higher than the...

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Romeo And Juliet – October 2015

Experience: 9/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Jonathan Humphreys Venue: Crucible Theatre Date: Tuesday 13th October 2015 We’re so glad that we came up to Sheffield to see this production. The...

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Hamlet – October 2015

Experience: 9/10 By William Shakespeare (more or less) Directed by Lyndsey Turner Venue: Barbican Theatre Date: Thursday 29th October 2015 With so much hype around this production, it was hard to avoid...

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