RSC review: Shakespeare swaps genders in the swinging sixties
Richard Lutz takes his pew for King John at Stratford’s Swan Theatre.
Measure for Measure review at Stratford: ‘..the stage sweats sex…’
Richard Lutz is whisked back to a Shakespearean play set in a turn of the century Vienna.
Review: Venice Preserved at The Swan, Stratford
Richard Lutz is dragged into the world of Restoration noir at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Review: The Provoked Wife at The Swan in Stratford
Richard Lutz takes a pew for a 300 year-old sex comedy that’s still alive and kicking.
Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon
Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.
As You Like It: Bells, whistles but all too tricksy
Richard Lutz takes his Stratford pew for Shakespeare’s intriguing forest comedy.
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.
Train and theatre tickets for under £20
West Midlands Railway partners with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Review: Macbeth at Stratford
Richard Lutz watches an up to the minute production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. But does it work? he asks.
Coriolanus review: When mother knows best
Richard Lutz takes his pew for a story about power and the inability to compromise.
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.
Stratford restaurant celebrates re-launch
Extensive refurbishment adds to town’s attractions.
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
Rover’s glorious return
Richard Lutz reviews The Rover at the RSC’s Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon.
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.
Royal Shakespeare Company to unveil restored Swan Wing
Major new contemporary artwork to feature in Shakespeare celebrations.
Birmingham Royal Ballet to perform at Shakespeare Live! from the RSC
Company will be touring in groundbreaking co-operation.
Don Quixote at Stratford: Five stars for the man who tilts at windmills
Richard Lutz takes his pew for the Cervantes epic of the Spanish knight in search of a dream.
RSC to open major new visitor attraction
New exhibition to reveal secrets behind the world’s most famous theatre company.
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: Othello
Richard Lutz reviews a classic take on Shakespeare’s tragedy about jealousy, race and deceit
Review: Death of a Salesman
Richard Lutz reviews a modern American classic which pulls no punches
Review: Oppenheimer
Richard Lutz watches a tour de force that looks at the life of the father of the A-bomb.
Artrix winter season launched
Film, theatre and live music amongst the highlights.
Review: A Sher bet for Henry IV
Richard Lutz watches a new adaptation of an old classic.