Thirty-eight Shakespeare plays in a year, that was the aim, and the project is completed by The Two Noble Kinsmen as performed at the Globe Theatre in a 2018 production helmed by Barrie Rutter.
‘Stories that have the compelling power of truth’: THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP – Soho Theatre
A verbatim piece about the subject of transatlantic deportation, The Special Relationship is a well researched, strongly contemporary piece.
‘As relevant now as ever’: THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP – Soho Theatre ★★★★
The Special Relationship is a brilliant satire served with a chilling dose of real-life stories of men and women torn apart from their families and deported back to the UK from the US while serving prison sentences.
NEWS: Matt Henry makes his Shakespeare’s Globe debut in Barrie Rutter’s production of The Two Noble Kinsmen
Olivier Award winner for musical Kinky Boots, Matt Henry will make his Shakespeare’s Globe debut in Barrie Rutter’s The Two Noble Kinsmen, by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare, opening in The Globe on 25 May (press night is 30 May).
‘Packed with biting wit’: Muriel Spark: Creme de la Creme – Edinburgh ★★★★
On the eve of the centenary of Muriel Spark’s birth, the Usher Hall was packed for Muriel Spark: Creme de la Creme, an evening of readings, reminiscences and a performed reading of the Edinburgh-born author’s only play.
SKINS AND HOODS TAKE 3 – Edinburgh Fringe
✭✭✭✩✩ Gets under the skin:
Young critics scheme review
After its world debut in the Avignon Festival last year, Cie du Veilieur brings Gustave Akakpo’s exploration of identity to the French Institute for the 2015 Festival Fringe.
SKINS AND HOODS – Edinburgh Fringe
✭✭✭✩✩ Overcomplicated:
Skins and Hoods at the French Institute is an ambitious multimedia production whose most successful elements are those closest to traditional theatre.
SKINS AND HOODS – Edinburgh Fringe
✭✭✭✩✩ Intense:
There is an interesting perspective on discrimination and identity in Skins and Hoods at the French Institute.