by Oliver Ross | Aug 24, 2016 | Reviews, Screenings
With an all-star cast from both television and the Shakespearean stage, Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford’s Romeo and Juliet is an evocative exploration of the violent undercurrents masked beneath daily life bursting free. With a director and three lead actors coming...
by Oliver Ross | Aug 16, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
In a play in which one of the most famous lines is ‘unsex me here,’ Jennifer Innes’ gender swapped interpretation recreates the bloody world of Macbeth where women battle for their country and their crown as their husbands persuade them to betrayal...
by Oliver Ross | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, UHT Macbeth
Macbeth + Macdeath | Journal 2 With little over a month before the season starts, Macbeth + Macdeath is really coming to life, with the last few weeks of rehearsals rapidly evolving from conceptual to the foundations of an immersive, haunting production. Early...
by Oliver Ross | Jul 20, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
Othello is a play disturbing in cruelty and otherness that is both archaic and chillingly contemporary. Peter Evan’s touring production blurs the dichotomy of the play – seen and unseen, puppeteer and pawn – into a tragedy of isolation and impulse...
by Oliver Ross | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, UHT Macbeth
Macbeth + Macdeath | Journal 1 I‘m excited to be chronicling Union House Theatre’s Macbeth over the next few months as they progress through rehearsals before taking to the stage in early September. Directed by Petra Kalive, it is planned to be performed...
