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Rafaella Marcus


Rafaella is a director, writer, and the artistic director of Mingled Yarn, making witty, inventive theatre with an interest in myth, intersectional feminism, and formal experimentation. She writes about theatre for Exeunt and The Stage, and occasionally blogs about pop culture with the caps lock button on.


Articles by Rafaella Marcus


Review: Tristan and Yseult at Shakespeare’s Globe
20 June 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Tristan and Yseult at Shakespeare’s Globe

13 - 24 June 2017
By Rafaella Marcus

Heartache: Rafaella Marcus reviews Kneehigh Theatre at the Globe.


Review: Roman Tragedies at the Barbican
27 March 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Roman Tragedies at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 17 - 19 March 2017
By Rafaella Marcus

Raw and new and believable: Rafaella Marcus and David Ralf team up to produce a long-form review of Ivo van Hove’s six-hour Roman Tragedies.


Review: King Lear at the Old Vic
15 November 2016
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: King Lear at the Old Vic

Old Vic ⋄ 25th October - 3rd December 2016
By Rafaella Marcus

That’s how history happens: Rafaella Marcus reviews Glenda Jackson in King Lear.


Experimentation at The Globe
26 October 2016
Features

Experimentation at The Globe

By Rafaella Marcus

“Make no mistake, this is backlash.” Rafaella Marcus on the reactionary message that Emma Rice’s departure from The Globe sends.


Review: House + Amongst The Reeds at Assembly George Square
29 August 2016
Reviews • Edinburgh • National • Reviews

Review: House + Amongst The Reeds at Assembly George Square

Assembly George Square ⋄ Until 27th August 2016
By Rafaella Marcus

The walls that keep us in and the walls that keep us out: Rafaella Marcus reviews Clean Break’s double bill in Edinburgh.


Review: The Iphigenia Quartet at Gate Theatre
6 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Iphigenia Quartet at Gate Theatre

Gate Theatre ⋄ 32rd April - 21st May 2016
By Rafaella Marcus

“An evening of echoes and ripples” Rafaella Marcus reviews Gate Theatre’s exploration of the House of Atreus.


Review: Doctor Faustus at Duke of York’s Theatre
27 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: Doctor Faustus at Duke of York’s Theatre

Duke of York's Theatre ⋄ 9th April - 25th June 2016
By Rafaella Marcus

“But. But but but. We have to talk about the production’s sexual politics.” Rafaella Marcus takes on Jamie Lloyd’s Doctor Faustus.


Pippa Nixon: “There are so many more mouthwatering parts that I think women would smash.”
10 March 2016
Features

Pippa Nixon: “There are so many more mouthwatering parts that I think women would smash.”

By Rafaella Marcus

Pippa Nixon is currently playing Ariel in Dominic Droomgoole’s The Tempest. Here, she talks gender flipping Shakespeare, cutting her hair for the part of Rosalind, and why there are so many more mouthwatering roles women should be allowed to play.


Sherlock and The Adventure of the Key Feminism Fails
15 January 2016
Features

Sherlock and The Adventure of the Key Feminism Fails

By Rafaella Marcus

“This is not, after all, Moffat’s first time at the feminist shit-storm rodeo”: Rafaella Marcus argues that when it comes to telling womens’ stories, points for trying just isn’t enough.


Sam Yates: “It’s about casting people from all walks of life.”
8 December 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews

Sam Yates: “It’s about casting people from all walks of life.”

By Rafaella Marcus

Director Sam Yates on the political dimension of Shakespeare’s late plays and making his debut in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.


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