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Henry IV part 1 – May 2014
Experience: 7/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Gregory Doran Venue: RST Date: Wednesday 28th May 2014 This is a rather clunky production at the moment, but there’s potential for improvement. We...
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The Rape Of Lucrece – June 2014
Experience: 9/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Elizabeth Freestone Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Thursday 26th June 2014 We saw this same production three years ago and were keen to see how they were...
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Love’s Labour’s Lost – October 2014
Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Christopher Luscombe Venue: RST Date: Thursday 23rd October 2014 I was concerned during the early scenes of this performance that I wouldn’t enjoy...
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Love’s Labour’s Lost Understudies – October 2014
Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Guy Unsworth Company: RSC Understudies Venue: RST Date: Friday 24th October 2014 Our seats were much better for this performance – plum in the middle...
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The Witch Of Edmonton – October 2014
Experience: 7/10 By William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, John Ford, and possibly others. Edited and directed by Gregory Doran Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Tuesday 28th October 2014 We missed the RSC’s previous...
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Love’s Labour’s Won – October 2014
Experience: 9/10 aka Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Directed by Christopher Luscombe Venue: RST Date: Wednesday 29th October 2014 Brilliant. We’d heard from one or two sources that this...
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The Christmas Truce – December 2014
Experience: 8/10 By Phil Porter Directed by Erica Whyman Venue: RST Date: Thursday 18th December 2014 We were in a bit of a rush getting to this performance; slow service at the restaurant meant we...
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The Christmas Truce – December 2015 (2)
Experience: 9/10 Understudy performance By Phil Porter Directed by Jane Moriarty Venue: RST Date: Friday 19th December 2014 This was even more enjoyable than yesterday’s performance. We were siting...
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The Christmas Truce – January 2015
Experience: 9/10 By Phil Porter Directed by Erica Whyman Venue: RST Date: Thursday 15th January 2015 We enjoyed this production so much when we saw it before Christmas last year that we decided to fit...
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Oppenheimer – January 2015
Experience: 8/10 By Tom Morton-Smith Directed by Angus Jackson Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Tuesday 20th January 2015 Wow. We didn’t have high expectations for this play, despite it being in the Swan and...
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The Merchant Of Venice – May 2015
Experience: 6/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Polly Findlay Venue: RST Date: Tuesday 26th May 2015 This has only just been reviewed by the papers, so it’s still early in its run; hopefully it...
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Volpone – July 2015
Experience: 8/10 By Ben Jonson, with script revisions by Ranjit Bolt Directed by Trevor Nunn Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Thursday 23rd July 2015 This fantastic production was a joy to watch. There was so...
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Othello – July 2015
Experience: 5/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Iqbal Khan Venue: RST Date: Friday 24th July 2015 This was a strange experience. Both Steve and I rated one performance considerably higher than the...
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Hecuba – October 2015
Experience: 8/10 By Marina Carr Directed by Erica Whyman Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Thursday 1st October 2015 A number of people had told us about this play beforehand: there was a lot of reported...
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Love For Love – December 2015
Experience: 8/10 By William Congreve Directed by Selina Cadell Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Monday 7th December 2015 Nearly thirty years ago we saw a production of this play at the National, with an...
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Love For Love (understudies) – December 2015
Experience: 8/10 By William Congreve Directed by Theo Scholefield Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Tuesday 8th December 2015 The advantage of a production with such a loose, interactive style of performance...
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Queen Anne – January 2016
Experience: 8/10 By Helen Edmundson Directed by Natalie Abrahami Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Wednesday 13th January 2016 We enjoyed seeing this again, and while the performance had certainly come on a...
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Doctor Faustus – March 2016
Experience: 3/10 By Christopher Marlowe Directed by Maria Aberg Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Wednesday 30th March 2106 Maria Aberg is fast heading for “Danger, Will Robinson” status, given to those...
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Hamlet – March 2016
Experience: 8/10 By William Shakespeare Directed by Simon Godwin Company: RSC Venue: RST Date: Tuesday 29th March 2016 This was a fascinating production. The choice of setting – the Central African...
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Preview performance Experience: 4/10 By John Webster Directed by Maria Aberg Venue: Swan Theatre Date: Wednesday 7th March 2018 We appreciated the first half of this show much more than the second: but...
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