Heartache: Rafaella Marcus reviews Kneehigh Theatre at the Globe.
Rafaella Marcus
Articles by Rafaella Marcus
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.