This gut-wrenching and raw retelling of Medea, adapted from Euripides’ original by Robinson Jeffers, features a truly memorable performance from Sophie Okonedo.
‘Everyone is set free’: AS YOU LIKE IT – @Soho Place
Plenty of productions search fruitlessly for the magic in As You Like It, but Josie Rourke’s version at the new @sohoplace theatre makes it seems effortless. This is greatly helped by the delightful new space, designed by architects Haworth Tompkins as that rare thing – a theatre in the round.
‘Told with oodles of meta-theatrical wit’: MARVELLOUS – @sohoplace
Nica Burns’ choice of an opening production for @sohoplace is Marvellous, a celebratory bio-drama about Newcastle-under-Lyme’s local legend, the irrepressible Neil “Nello” Baldwin, whose amazing career proves that disability can be overcome — a heartwarming message in these turbulent times.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Marvellous at @sohoplace
We take a look at what critics have had to say about Marvellous, the first production to open the new theatre @sohoplace. Marvellous continues to play @sohoplace until 26 November 2022.