EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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Shakespeare rejuvenated by skate park ride
by Mike Aiken
EXTENDING DILEMMAS: Juliet (Miranda Mufema) and Romeo (Marlon Read)
[Tom Eames]
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Romeo & Juliet
Windmill Young Actors
Hollingdean Skate Park, Brighton
THIS production of Romeo and Juliet provides a new take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
It remains faithful to the tale of romance and love across two rival tribes: the Montagues and Capulets. But this is no conventional drama.
First, the play is performed in a skatepark on a peripheral estate at Brighton's northern edge.
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