REVIEW: King Lear, Donmar Warehouse (2010)

I am the first to admit that King Lear, of Shakespeare’s great tragedies, is the one that fills me with little joy at the prospect of seeing it again. But here at London’s Donmar Warehouse with Michael Grandage at the helm and Derek Jacobi in the title role is a production to prove my misgivings not just unfounded but as foolish as the old man. This is the definitive Lear for my money, the one to which all others should aspire. Nothing annoys. Nothing grates. All builds a perfect and avoidable tragedy.

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Madalena Alberto as Fantine (left), John Owen-Jones as Valjean (back right), Gareth Gates as Marius and Katie Hall as Cosette (front right) - Photo: Michael Le Poer Trench

REVIEW: Les Misérables – 25th Anniversary UK Tour, Barbican (2010)

REVIEW: Les Misérables – 25th Anniversary UK Tour, Barbican (2010) I dreamed a dream in time gone byWhen hope was high,And life worth livingI dreamed that love would never dieI…

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REVIEW: Earthquakes in London, Cottesloe Theatre (2010)

The epic themes of the play, which mainly takes place in the present, but begins in 1968 and fasts forward to 2525, are explored through the prism of a dysfunctional family, whose break-up mirrors the impending ecological disaster.

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