Nicky Allpress
04 Jun
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Review: THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Nicky Allpress Monday, June 4 2018, 09:31
Two Noble Kinsmen, one of Shakespeare’s lesser known plays, jointly penned with John Fletcher, is refreshingly different whilst pleasingly familiar. Perhaps this is because it is based on Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale, but I suspect it has more to do with director, Barrie Rutter and his company, who have worked magic on a story packed with Shakespeare’s common motifs: a court from which two soldiers are banished, disguise in the woods; unrequited love and even folk performers who entertain the court.
23 May
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Review: HAMLET at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Nicky Allpress Wednesday, May 23 2018, 09:45
I think I’d enjoy Michelle Terry’s velvety delivery in almost any role but the part of Hamlet, particularly suited her sparky, dangerous energy and her performance gripped from start to finish.
Colin Hurley as the Ghost and Michelle Terry as Hamlet. Photo by Tristram Kenton.
23 May
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Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Nicky Allpress Wednesday, May 23 2018, 08:49
Congratulations to the Globe's new Artistic Director, Michelle Terry. This was simple storytelling at its brightest. Notable for its sweet clarity, there’s minimalism all round in this production, pared back to allow the glorious text to shine. And it’s funny – very funny, laughter crackling through the courtyard as the company relish in a very assured production.
03 Mar
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Review: CURTAINS at the Rose Theatre, Kingston
By Nicky Allpress Saturday, March 3 2018, 10:47
Playwright Stephen Bill quotes one of his characters – “that we should come to this”– in his programme note, explaining that his play is an attempt to address the silent anger and frustration born out of subjects we fear to broach.
03 Mar
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Review: A PASSAGE TO INDIA at the Park Theatre
By Nicky Allpress Saturday, March 3 2018, 10:18
A wonderful English Literature teacher first introduced me to E. M. Forster and I fell in love with his brilliant A Passage to India whilestudying it for A level.
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