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John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
Three resounding cheers from me for today's announcement. Michelle Terry is an ideal choice and I predict she will have no difficulty in moving the theatre into a new era that blends tradition and innovation in a way that Emma ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
Understudies don't get much recognition in the theatre unless the lead actor has to withdraw for an extended period. So I'm happy to blow the trumpet for Theo Solomon, who stepped in to play Woyzeck at the Old Vic yesterday ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
Greg Hicks mesmerises the audience for three hours with a performance that mingles sadism, misogyny, venom and flashes of humour, distilled and concentrated by the Arcola theatre's tiny stage. Mehmet Ergen's taut production allows one of our greatest Shakespearean actors ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
This Othello is among the very best I have seen. Without star names and with no public subsidy, Andrew Hilton's Bristol-based company has a glowing reputation for concentrating on the essentials and showing that less can be more. Like Declan ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
There aren't too many fixed rules for making theatre. Thank goodness for that. But in my experience, an alarm bell starts to tinkle when the writer of a show and the director are one and the same person. This is ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
A lightly edited version of the letter I posted yesterday to my MP Sir Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary. Like Theresa May and Philip Hammond, he was a Remain supporter who seamlessly switched sides after the referendum. Dear Sir Michael ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
In many ways this is one of the very best productions I have seen of Chekhov's greatest play, which I first encountered in Chichester half a century ago. Mehmet Ergen's casting is inspired, and he allows the actors to fully ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
When I've seen a Shakespeare play dozens of times, studied it at school and acted in a student production, there's always a risk of seeing it once too often. Will it really be funny when I see it for the ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
This survey of Russian art’s turbulent history between 1917 and 1930 opens an extraordinary range of material, much of it familiar, but it also contains some stunning surprises. I’m fairly used to rubbing shoulders with the works of the Russian ..read more
John Morrison | London Theatre Reviews
2y ago
I finally caught up with a second cinema showing of the RSC's flagship production for 2016 of The Tempest, with our greatest Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale as Prospero. It's a triumph; I've seen him play Iago, Hamlet, Macbeth, Benedict ..read more