Vision, April 2016 It’s one of the most memorable roles in the long history of James Bond villainy. In Octopussy, Steven Berkoff’s General Orlov roars his plan to take down the “decadent West” with all the […]
The Stage, March 2014 At the crucial moment when Anna Karenina (Ony Uhiara) is swept off her feet at a ball by the dashing Vronsky (Robert Gilbert), the tasteful classical music, which has quietly soundtracked […]
The Stage, April 2014 The most recognisably modern of Shakespeare’s comedies, Much Ado About Nothing’s warring would-be couples who turn out to love each other really is a romcom for all our times. And Maria […]
The Stage, March 2014 In a quite fabulous opening scene, musical director and composer Heather Christian slowly walks barefoot through a swamp, intoning the harsh sounds of dustbowl America as she goes. Her discordant, folky […]
The Stage, March 2014 In the programme to this inventive production of Twelfth Night, director David Thacker does a quick bit of mental arithmetic. Incredibly, this is his 29th Shakespeare production, and his fourth at […]