Dr Peter Kirwan

Tag: Dash Arts

  • Comparisons

    We’re nearing the halfway point of 2009, and by my reckoning I’ve seen about 18 Shakespeare productions so far this year. Interestingly, though, among those eighteen there has been quite a lot of repetition: three As You Like Its, two Othellos, two Caesars and two Winter’s Tales, for example. I’ve been trying to review the productions largely independently, but I thought…

  • As You Like It (Dash Arts/Leicester Theatre Trust) @ Curve

    Curve, located in the centre of Leicester, is an enormous and hugely expensive new theatre venue that opened late last year. Already it’s been doing some exciting work, not least a revival of The Pillowman, and it’s landed a coup as the producing house for Tim Supple’s new production of As You Like It, the eagerly-awaited follow-up to his universally lauded Dream. The Curve…

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Dash Arts) @ The Swan Theatre

    I’ve raved about this production before, the greatest, or 2nd greatest (depending on my mood) production of the Complete Works Festival. It’s back for three sold-out weeks in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the production has gone from strength to strength since it was last here, playing to packed audience around the globe. This is, of course, Tim…

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Dash Arts) @ The Swan Theatre

    You know when I said a few days ago that I was trying to avoid using superlatives? Well, forget that. This was the BEST BEST BEST thing I’ve EVER seen on stage! Firstly, it was by no means difficult to follow. Some characters never spoke a word of English, but the actors were so clear in what they were…

  • A Marvellous Convenient Place for Our Rehearsal (Dash Arts) @ Cox’s Yard

    Another ‘Slants On Shakespeare’ event, with Duska again. This time, director of the Dash Arts ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ that I’m seeing tomorrow, Tim Supple was the starring practitioner, with Pablo Mukherjee from the University of Warwick as the academic. It aws another interesting event, though I won’t detail it here as it got quite…