Inside Theatre
Rylance reveals why he had to quit the Globe over Iraq
When Mark Rylance announced he was resigning as founding director of Shakespeare's Globe, many in the world of theatre were left utterly perplexed.
Sheila Hancock: 'I didn't think I had a brain at all'
She was a 'tacky rep actress' touring with Harold Pinter as he wrote 'The Birthday Party'. So why has Sheila Hancock waited 50 years to star in his masterpiece?
Phoenix Dance Theatre, Sadler's Wells, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Phoenix's new programme makes for a literary evening. It can be a strain: versions of Othello and The Glass Menagerie are stylised, sometimes stylish, often confusing. It's not until the final piece, Paseillo, that dance and characterisation are satisfyingly blended.
- The Taming of the Shrew, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (Rated 3/ 5 )
- Phoenix Dance Theatre, Sadler's Wells London
- The Year of Magical Thinking, NT Lyttelton, London
The City, Royal Court Downstairs, London
Tinderbox, The Bush Theatre, London - Nova Scotia, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (Rated 3/ 5 )
- You write the reviews: Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh (Rated 4/ 5 )
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