The reviews are in for Matt Hartley’s Eyam, playing at the Shakespeare’s Globe until the 13 October. Love London Love Culture rounds them up…
‘One of the best productions at the Globe this year’: EYAM – Shakespeare’s Globe ★★★★
Eyam is a celebration of the strength of human spirit in the face of seemingly impossible odds, highlighting the power and comfort of community – a stirring watch.
‘A grim tale of human endurance & sacrifice’: EYAM – Shakespeare’s Globe ★★★
Eyam, the final production of The Globe’s summer season, drags in the autumn with a grim tale of human endurance and sacrifice, reimagining for the stage the true story of a plague-ridden parish in 1655.
NEWS: Full casting announced for Eyam at Shakespeare’s Globe
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced full casting for Matt Hartley’s new play. Eyam, directed by Adele Thomas, runs from 15 September to 13 October 2018.
NEWS: Mark Rylance returns in Michelle Terry’s inaugural Globe season
Former and current artistic directors Mark Rylance and Michelle Terry will take to the stage this year in Terry’s inaugural season at Shakespeare’s Globe.
DEPOSIT – Hampstead Theatre
As canny a plan as it is, splitting rent and bills, its realities soon make themselves painfully apparent. They’re basically all 30-somethings who are too old to be doing this, especially Mel and Sam who are on the sofabed, but the tensions that emerge pull in all directions – on the relationships, on the friendships, on the dream of owning property.
Text of the Day: Deposit
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
DEPOSIT – Hampstead Theatre
In this general election, the intergenerational conflict between youth and old age is never far from the surface. The oldies have never had it so good; the young ones are Generation Rent, crippled by debt and zero hope of owning their own homes. This aspect of the housing shortage is the subject of Matt Hartley’s play, Deposit.