What could be more pleasing than an evening of extracts from George Eliot’s diaries and novels read by Hermione Norris (Cold Feet, Spooks, The Salt Path) and actor/singer/songwriter SuRie? Read my full Broadway World review here
As a nation our favourite pastime is to grumble about the weather. So, you’d imagine the last thing we’d want to do is go to Stonehenge – typically windy and rainy – for an evening of Thomas Hardy‘s words and music, starring Anton Lesser. But trot along we do – and we are not only rewarded with sun, clear skies and nary a breeze – but also a superb show kicking off this year’s Salisbury International Arts Festival. Read my full Broadway World review here
Adapted by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti from Sathnam Sanghera’s titular novel, this play is a tender and funny multi-generational saga about relationships, loyalty and trying to embrace a new culture in a new country. Read my Broadway World review here
Expectancy’s in the air for laughs and revelations in Alan Aykbourn’s bittersweet 1976 tragicomedy, but Michael Cabot’s touring production misses the mark – delivering neither to the audience. Read my full Broadway World review here
Simon Russell Beale is superb in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s excellent new revival of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play. Read my full Broadway World review here
Former Donmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Longhurst swaps war for Italian football in a new, exuberant Royal Shakespeare Theatre adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. Read my full Broadway World review here
Writer El Blackwood’s Tending, produced by Another Theatre, is a three-hander based on more than 700 verbatim interviews with NHS nurses over a two-year period. Read my full Broadway World review here
So many adore The Da Vinci Code (excluding those who claim it’s badly written and historically inaccurate), I thought the theatre version would be a dead cert. Read my full Broadway World review here
Writer, director, producer and performer Rowan Armitt-Brewster on how classic slapstick looks easy – but it isn’t. Read my full Broadway World interview here
A Brief Case of Crazy is quite the ride – a mash-up of comedy, mime, slapstick, romance, puppetry, dance and object manipulation. Read my full Broadway World review here
Cheryl Markosky 