Macbeth RSC’s The Other Place Playing until 6 December I thought when the RSC schedule came out that I would give this production a miss. I have seen too many Macbeths, most of them unconvincing or unlikely in some way, like Peter O’Toole knocking the set down and then playing the rest of the run for …
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Attic Theatre Playing until 2 November It’s always a delight to see Tread the Boards’ Hallowe’en play but I thought before I went that the adaptation into a play text from Robert Louis Stephenson’s 1886 novella was going to be a real challenge because the strength of that work lies more in the description …
Cyrano de Bergerac Swan Theatre Playing until 15 November Cyrano de Bergerac is a French 1897 verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand. The RSC’s version is an adaptation by director Simon Evans and Debris Stephenson. The play is about the life of the poet and soldier Cyrano whose diffidence in love is the main thrust of …