Hamlet (Bristol Old Vic, Press Night)

Hamlet has always been one of my favourite plays in the entire Shakespearean canon. I’ve always been fascinated by the tensions created by the themes: life and death, action versus inaction, corruption versus innocence, reality versus illusion, revenge versus integrity, the passing of time, and value of memory. The way these are intertwined and consistently […]

Long Day’s Journey Into Night – Bristol Old Vic, March & April 2016

One of my self-inflicted shortcomings as a theatre fan is that I feel I don’t see enough plays. People often joke at my taste, because those plays I do enjoy most are quite dark and more character driven rather than action packed, and I’ve always had a love of weighty themes and never a fear […]