theatre royal

From down-right funny theatre to shocking revelations about everyone’s favourite bard. This is how to brush up on your Shakespeare in Nottingham this summer. Watch The Complete Deaths of William Shakespeare @ The Nottingham Playhouse Did you know that in Shakespeare’s works there are whopping 74 onstage deaths? For...

Passionate, moving and showing an incredible amount of skill and technique, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s performance of Romeo and Juliet was a joy to watch and wonder at. The tale of the star-crossed lovers is one of the most famous in literary history. Initially dubious as to the suitability of this...

It’s testament to his genius that the brain behind Vicky Pollard, Bubbles Devere and Daffyd – the only gay in the village – is also able to write one of the most successful children’s books in the country. Since departing from the shores of Little Britain, David Walliams has...

One does not expect to go to the opera to find a huge wooden box being serenaded by a middle-aged Don, but this is what the audience will find when they see Cosi Fan Tutte. This opera straddles contemporaneity whilst keeping its nostalgia alive. It succeeds in producing a...

I was more than a little intrigued to discover whether the opening night of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men at the Theatre Royal, endlessly studied by bored fifteen year olds around the UK, would be able to breathe new life into the novella.  With the designers going to...

Having never been to a modern dance performance before, I confess that I did not know what to expect in regards to Rambert. However, it is a mark of the talent of the group of dancers, and the musicians who accompanied the three pieces staged, that I still thoroughly...

‘There’s shoes upon the table an’ a joker in the pack…’ Blood bonds, fragmented families and a sinister secret; Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers takes the concept of twins separated at birth and creates an intense fable that warns of the dangers of hidden pacts and explores the nature vs...