Review: Apollo Theatre, Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Out of the darkness and over the wall, Jamie's stepping out into the spotlight - in a glamorous pair of glossy red high heels...

Jamie New steps into the spotlight at an exciting time for theatre - a time which sees an inspiring array of representation, from race to sexuality to gender. At the live screening of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, my expectations of this award-winning production were met, and surpassed. Seeing it live at the Apollo Theatre on London's West End had me falling for it all over again. This is a joyous production filled to the brim with humour, emotion, and strong moral messages. Here's my thoughts.

Review: RSC, Romeo and Juliet

A chorus of voices clamour to be heard, their cries becoming 140-character-length statements, loaded with meaning but exclaimed nevertheless...

There was much anticipation for the RSC's 2018 production of Romeo and Juliet, which promised a fresh, modern retelling by a youthful cast. Yet with the Globe's abstract 2017 production still fresh in people's minds, and with the RSC's recent Macbeth pushing modernisation to inaccessible levels, audiences could have been apprehensive about how the production would be handled. But under Erica Whyman's experienced direction and Tom Piper's acclaimed design, the production excelled. Here's my thoughts. 

Comment: The Stage, Protecting Shakespeare

The first in a new (non-regular) feature! This was spurred by an article in The Stage by associate editor Lyn Gardner, which I found tremendously valuable and would like to share. My thoughts below.

Lyn Gardner: Chekhov and Shakespeare do not need ‘protecting’