by Oliver Ross | Apr 29, 2016 | Performances
I only just managed to finish reading Merry Wives before the show itself, but even then I was familiar with urban legends that the play was written in a mere two weeks. And they play is distinctly different from many in the Shakespeare canon, swapping out untranslated...
by Oliver Ross | Apr 29, 2016 | Performances
Effortlessly maneuvering through bawdy comedy, intimacy and tragedy, Bell Shakespeare’s tragedy shows the sheer power of Australian Shakespeare when well founded and lovingly developed through the years in a powerful production that could challenge many from English...
by Oliver Ross | Apr 21, 2016 | Blog
When my creative project on Shakespeare last year spiraled into a love of the bard’s work, my first response was frustration, assuming that the only place to be able to frequently see the plays was thousands of kilometers away in the UK. I was thrilled to be...