Tag: John Mackay

Posted in Hampstead Theatre Mike Bartlett Theatre

Review: Wild, Hampstead Theatre

“You have no freedom, no choice, at the moment you don’t even have a passport” It’s a…

Posted in Shakespeare The Hollow Crown TV

TV Review: The Hollow Crown – The Wars of the Roses: 3. Richard III

“The king’s name is a tower of strength” The Hollow Crown reaches its climax with a solid…

Posted in Shakespeare The Hollow Crown TV

TV Review: The Hollow Crown – The Wars of the Roses: 1. Henry VI Part 2

“I was a woeful looker-on” On a night when the real drama was unfolding in Stockholm’s Globen…

Posted in Shakespeare The Hollow Crown TV

TV Review: The Hollow Crown – The Wars of the Roses: 1. Henry VI Part 1

“I would his troubles were expired” The Hollow Crown rises again. Four years on from the first…

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015 Young Vic

Review: Measure for Measure, Young Vic

“I have a motion much imports your good” They say things come in threes and as with…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Ancient Greeks Robert Icke Theatre

Re-review: Oresteia, Almeida Theatre

  “This cannot be a place where the woman is less important” There was no chance I…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Ancient Greeks Robert Icke Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015

Review: Oresteia, Almeida Theatre

“There isn’t one true version. There isn’t. There isn’t one story — a line of truth that…

Posted in Digital Hampstead Theatre Howard Brenton Theatre

Review: Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre via livestreaming

“When blood is spilt, disputes between people, nations, religions become all but impossible to solve” A complete…

Posted in August Strindberg Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The Father / The Broken Word, Radio 3/4

“Love between sexes is war” Laurie Slade’s adaptation of Strindberg’s The Father was commissioned for Coventry’s Belgrade…