Read more about the article REVIEW: Sucker Punch, Royal Court (2010)
Anthony Welsh as Troy and Daniel Kaluuya as Leon - Photo: Chris Nash

REVIEW: Sucker Punch, Royal Court (2010)

Roy Williams' plays can be enjoyed at many levels and so it is with his latest and original offering at the Royal Court, Sucker Punch which follows a group of young boxers in a club in a run down area of London in the 1980s. Besides the sports story which culminates in a boxing match being excitingly staged in a real ring, there are observations about race and friendship and about racism and sport.

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Read more about the article REVIEW: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Young Vic (2010)
Delroy Lindo as Bynum Walker and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Herald Loomis - Photo: Simon Annand

REVIEW: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Young Vic (2010)

The performances are all good but Delroy Lindo's inspirational, sympathetic old visionary and healer and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's haunted Herald Loomis stand out as mesmerising. David Lan's intelligent production will make you think about the damage done by those years' of uprooting and slavery to the psyche of the African American.

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Read more about the article REVIEW: Macbeth at the Globe Theatre (2010)
Elliot Cowan as Macbeth - Photo: Ellie Kurttz

REVIEW: Macbeth at the Globe Theatre (2010)

When I think back to the days of the 1997 Globe, I can see how far they have come and how adventurous the productions have become in this traditional space. But Lucy Bailey's Macbeth is the most innovative visually I have seen there.

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