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Ash Hunter as Heathcliff and Katy Owens as Isabella Linton (Photo: Steve Tanner)

REVIEW: Wuthering Heights, Lyttelton National Theatre (2022)

The figure with the whip is the West Yorkshire Moor itself, turned into a character in this powerful adaptation of Emily Bronte's masterpiece. But the hearts of people of Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights are lashed as much by their own emotions as their bodies are by the tempest. Hell is all too readily other people. Love hurts, Hope deludes, Happiness is rare, Death is all around.

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Cast of Hamlet Photo: Johan Persson)

REVIEW: Hamlet, Sam Wanamaker (2022)

If you have ever seen Shit Faced Shakespeare where an unknown member of the cast will drink real alcohol while the rest remain sober, you would see a contemporary version of Shakespeare as a comedy designed to make you laugh.  In this version of Hamlet at the beautifully recreated Shakespearean theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the idea is to show Hamlet as a psychopathic, woman hating, selfish aristocrat who tells Fortinbras to fuck off and can handle a can of spray paint. 

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