Swans of Stratford
Richard Lutz saunters down to Shakespeareland.
A Christmas Carol: “…a delight, 9.5 out of ten…”
Richard Lutz – with help from eleven year old Finn – checks out a Christmas cracker.
Review: Macbeth at Stratford
Richard Lutz watches an up to the minute production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. But does it work? he asks.
Vice Versa at Stratford: “madcap but not sharp enough…”
Richard Lutz takes his pew for a new comedy by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Antony and Cleopatra at Stratford: Electric performance hampered by plodding plot
Richard Lutz takes his pew for the classic Shakespeare tragedy about love and lust when youth leaves the stage.
RSC Tempest: Stratford meets the digital age in a vibrant classic
Imagine a 30 foot high Ariel towering above Propero – that’s what you get in this groundbreaking performance, says Richard Lutz
Review: Two Noble Kinsmen
Richard Lutz is in two minds about the latest RSC offering at Stratford on Avon.
The Alchemist: A sharp, wicked comedy aimed at greed and gold
Richard Lutz takes his pew for the Ben Johnson classic that caustically sends up his fellow Londoners of 1610.
Cymbeline Review: Too tricksy by half despite solid acting
Richard Lutz reviews a little-known Shakespeare play that loses its way.
Hamlet: Broad young shoulders carry an impressive play
Richard Lutz takes his pew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatrefor that most famous of revenge plays.
Review: Midsummer Night’s Dream at Stratford
Richard Lutz takes to the Athenian woods to watch Shakespeare’s comedy of magic and love.
Review: Doctor Faustus
Richard Lutz watches a memorable and frenetic staging of the Marlowe classic at The Swan in Stratford.
Review: Queen Anne at Stratford on Avon
Richard Lutz takes his pew for the RSC’s new production about Queen Anne.
Review: Henry V at Stratford
Richard Lutz takes a seat for that most patriotic of Shakespeare plays .
Review: Oppenheimer
Richard Lutz watches a tour de force that looks at the life of the father of the A-bomb.
Review: The Shoemaker’s Holiday
Richard Lutz takes a pew for this comedy about conflict, class and cobblers.
Review: Shakespeare’s twin set
Richard Lutz takes in a twinning of two Shakespeare plays – one lyrical and the other a well-known classic.
Swanning Around
Richard Lutz watches a vintage performance in Stratford.
Review: Stuffing Revenge Down Your Enemy’s Throat
Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus pours out rivers of blood in this tale about power but still tells a good story, says Richard Lutz
The Travelator: Curious Places – Steampunk aka the MAD Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon
With the school holidays here our travel columnist writes about a place that’s a bit closer to home than usual, and well worth visiting.
Healthy lollipop set to prove sweet success for local entrepreneur
A Stratford-upon-Avon mum turned entrepreneur is looking to revolutionise the confectionery market after launching a new hard candy product.
Review: A Life Of Galileo
A new RSC production peers into the gap between what we know is true and how much we agree to compromise. Richard Lutz reports
Review: The Video Above and the Shakespeare Below
Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale is a late great fable, now opening at Stratford. Richard Lutz reviews it.
Review: Merry Wives of Windsor
A new production of Merry Wives of Windsor in Stratford is perfect, says Richard Lutz
Review: An African Tale by Shakespeare
Director Greg Doran spent some time in South Africa and while there an actor told him: ‘Julius Caesar is Shakespeare’s African play.’
Review: King John
Richard Lutz reviews the RSC production of King John – “The wrong king in the wrong time when the barons made him sign his name on the Magna Carta?”
Theatre Review : The Tempest
Richard Lutz reviews The Tempest; “It is done beautifully. Hats off to the director David Farr and Jonathan Slinger.”
RSC: Loads of Tricks and Lots of Treats
Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford By Richard Lutz This is a play about the pursuit of love in a crazed, tricky and askew world. Most of the characters are not what they seem. But they all want the same thing: partnership and passion. Twins separate and crave each other; lovers pine for an…
Rough Magic for Pete and Kate
Richard Lutz sits down to see a play that still gets them hot under the collar 4 centuries on The Taming of the Shrew Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford The Taming of the Shrew is one of those Shakespeare plays that enrages people still today. How can it sit comfortably when a guy (Petruchio) bullies, pesters,…
Tough Guy Robin Hood Meets His Match in Marion In a Five Star Production
“Well, how do you like your Robin Hood?”, asks Richard Lutz