From an arachnid-looking Covetousness to a wonderfully barmy Wrath and on to a twerkingly sequinned Lechery…Ed Clark reviews Maria Aberg’s production.
Venues: Swan Theatre
28 January 2015
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Oppenheimer
Swan Theatre ⋄ 15th January - 7th March 2015
By Billy Barrett
The father of the atomic bomb.
3 November 2014
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
The Witch of Edmonton
Swan Theatre ⋄ 23rd October - 29th November 2014
By Ed Franklin
Strong in mischief.
7 August 2014
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
The White Devil
Swan Theatre ⋄ 30th July - 29th November 2014
By Laura Seymour
An exceptionally brutal hunt.
7 September 2013
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Candide
Swan Theatre ⋄ 29th August - 26th October 2013
By Dan Hutton
Savage and despairing satire.
18 June 2013
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
A Mad World My Masters
Swan Theatre ⋄ 6th June - 25th October 2013
By Dan Hutton
Bedroom farce.
24 May 2013
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Titus Andronicus
Swan Theatre ⋄ 16th May - 26th October 2013
By Dan Hutton
Bring up the bodies.
18 April 2013
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
The Empress
Swan Theatre ⋄ 11th - 4th May 2013
By Dan Hutton
Queen and country.
14 February 2013
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
A Life of Galileo
Swan Theatre ⋄ 31st January - 30th March 2013
By Dan Hutton
Heavens above.
1 December 2012
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Boris Godunov
Swan Theatre ⋄ 15th November 2012 - 30th March 2013
By Dan Hutton
Michael Boyd bows out at the RSC.
13 February 2012
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
The Heresy of Love
Swan Theatre ⋄ 2 February - 9 March 2012
By Natasha Tripney
Apology for the woman writing.
23 August 2011
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Cardenio
Swan Theatre ⋄ until 6th October 2011
By Jane Grogan
Shakespeare’s ‘lost play’ re-imagined.