Romeo & Juliet

Tom Holland shines in a modern but fatally messy Romeo & Juliet | Theatre | Entertainment

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Tom Holland shines in a modern but fatally messy Romeo & Juliet | Theatre | Entertainment

Ominous synths rumble. The theatre blacks out. The fans shriek. Out of the shadows emerge a murky bare stage and microphone stands before a looming face on a huge screen starts the prologue to the timeless tragic tale of teenage star-crossed lovers. Welcome to Jamie Lloyd Does Shakespeare With Bells, Whistles and the Kitchen Sink … Read more

Romeo & Juliet review – New production with Tom Holland is absolute drivel | Theatre | Entertainment

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Romeo & Juliet review – New production with Tom Holland is absolute drivel | Theatre | Entertainment

A voguish young movie star, onstage cameras, microphones placed conspicuously around a bare stage as well as taped to the actors’ cheeks, smoke, blinding flashes of white light, a continuous background hum as of a trapped hornet – how quickly the trademarks of a Jamie Lloyd production have become clichéd and predictable. Editing the text … Read more