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9 January 2018

Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: A Christmas Carol at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Until 4 February 2018

By Geoff Mills

Picture postcard visuals: Geoff Mills reviews David Edgar’s new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ festive tale for the RSC

15 November 2017

Reviews • National • Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: Twelfth Night at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon

November 2 - February 24

By Geoff Mills

Wildean wantonness: Christopher Luscombe’s resplendent revival is luscious but loud.

26 September 2017

Reviews • National • Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: Coriolanus at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

September 15 - October 14

By Geoff Mills

“If Wesley Snipes did Shakespeare…”: Geoff Mills reviews Angus Jackson’s production of Coriolanus, the final instalment in the RSC’s up-and-down Rome season.

26 September 2017

Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: Dido, Queen of Carthage at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Until 28 October 2017

By Geoff Mills

Never quite sets on fire: Geoff Mills reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of Christopher Marlowe.

19 September 2017

Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: Kingdom Come at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon

Until 30 September 2017

By Geoff Mills

I thought you used to teach postmodernism? Geoff Mills provides the second instalment in his Stratford-upon-Avon play/reviews.

17 July 2017

Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: Titus Andronicus at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

23 June - 2 September 2017

By Geoff Mills

Horror and humour: Geoff Mills reviews Blanche McIntyre’s contemporary version of Titus Andronicus.

31 May 2017

Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: The Earthworks and Myth at The Other Place, RSC

Until 17th June 2017

By Geoff Mills

Oil starts to drip from the ceiling… Geoff Mills writes a short play in response to the Mischief Festival double bill.

25 March 2017

Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: Antony and Cleopatra at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

Royal Shakespeare Theatre ⋄ 11 March - 7 September 2017

By Fergus Morgan

Shakespeare done like it was before the Boer War: Fergus Morgan reviews Iqbal Khan’s Antony and Cleopatra.

24 March 2017

Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: Julius Caesar at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

Royal Shakespeare Theatre ⋄ 3 March - 9 September 2017

By Fergus Morgan

Meh. Fergus Morgan is unimpressed by the RSC’s new production of Julius Caesar.

18 April 2016

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Review: Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Royal Shakespeare Theatre ⋄ Until 13th August 2016

By Rosemary Waugh

Spray-painted skulls in the palace: Paapa Essiedu’s superb portrayal of a precocious Prince of Denmark.

17 February 2016

Reviews • National • Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: Doctor Faustus at the Swan Theatre

Swan Theatre ⋄ 16th February - 4th August 2016

By Rosemary Waugh

From an arachnid-looking Covetousness to a wonderfully barmy Wrath and on to a twerkingly sequinned Lechery…Ed Clark reviews Maria Aberg’s production.