The great thing about canonical works is that you can do whatever you want to them — tear them apart, rearrange them, even mock them mercilessly — and they remain intact for the next generation to approve or slaughter. The same is true of Shakespeare’s vice-like tragedy Macbeth, here given a kind of rip-off by… Read More »
(spouse) They are at work again. Actors whine about rotten audiences. In an interview this week, Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar (who will make his musical theater debut later this year as Fred Graham in the new production of Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican) grumbled about the behavior of theatregoers, describing it as… Read More »
Triple, triple labor and trouble. This August the RSC Macbeth; David Tennant and Cush Jumbo at the Donmar later this month. Meanwhile, Simon Godwin’s production Macbeth It comes with a compelling cast: Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma are magnetic killers. It is also making a bid for a wider audience by being staged in a… Read More »