A hip-hop-infused epic with timely resonance Actor and playwright Chadwick Boseman is internationally known for his 2018 role in Marvel’s Black Panther blockbuster. Boseman died in 2020, two months before George Floyd was suffocated by Derek Chauvin, a Minnesotan police officer, sparking the global Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. While Boseman’s play, Deep Azure, was […]
The Tempest – Sam Wanamaker Theatre, The Globe
Do you have favourite theatres in London? Sam Wanamaker is one of mine. It’s a tiny indoor theatre next door to the better-known Globe Theatre. Perfect, perhaps, for The Tempest, one of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays and one that conjures up a magical world. It is lit entirely by candlelight; the Jacobean-style playhouse is warm and […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
A violent take on a timeless comedy The smell of mulled wine sticks in the nostrils at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ahead of The Globe’s latest staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – but the production itself is no warming affair. Shakespeare’s beloved comedy takes on the eternal themes: love, jealousy, and unreality. The action […]