BWW Review: KING LEAR, Chichester Festival Theatre
by Rona Kelly
- Oct 2, 2017
'We that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long...' 2017 has been dubbed a year of Hamlets (too many, even), with Andrew Scott and Tom Hiddleston both taking on the role. If one play has experienced a renaissance, however, it would surely be King Lear. Indeed, it seems the UK stage will 'never see so much' King Lear as it has in the last twelve months (Timothy West, Antony Sher, Glenda Jackson and Kevin McNally all playing the eponymous King/Queen). Jonathan Munby's production at Chichester Festival Theatre is the latest, which sees Ian McKellen revisit the role he played a decade ago at the RSC.
Sinead Cusack Joins Ian Mckellen in KING LEAR at The Chichester Festival
by A.A. Cristi
- Jul 20, 2017
The Daily Mail has reported that Sinead Cusack is set to star alongside Sir Ian McKellen an upcoming production of Shakespeare's King Lear. Cusack will portray Lear's loyal courtier Kent. The Mail describes her approach as playing the Earl as 'an Angela Merkel-esque, straight-talking woman.'
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, National Theatre
by Marianka Swain
- Feb 23, 2017
Suffused with grief and unrequited love, Twelfth Night is often played as an anti-comedy - more melancholy than mirthful. Not so in Simon Godwin's brash, gender-bending, utterly joyful rendering, which takes loss as a cue to embrace life.
Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT Starts Tonight at the National Theatre
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 15, 2017
TWELFTH NIGHT begins previews tonight 15 February at the National's Olivier Theatre, with press night set for 22 February, continuing in the repertoire until 13 May 2017. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsals below!
KING CHARLES III to Be Adapted for BBC Masterpiece
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 8, 2016
Deadline has reported that Peaky Blinders', Charlotte Riley, has signed on to play Kate Middleton in a television adaptation of West End and Broadway hit, King Charles III.
