Sitting In The Cheap Seats

We loved this charming production when we saw it in Chichester’s intimate Festival Theatre, but will admit to having reservations about how well it would fit in at the vast Mayflower.  Emma van Kooperen  is our roving reporter letting us know just how unfounded our worries were…

Our friends at Shakespeare’s Globe piqued our interest when they announced  Jonathyan Pryce  would be playing Shylock in their production of The Merchant of Venice… well now they’ve hooked us once more as they’ve revealed the full cast!

I know it’s only March, but so far ‘Farinelli and The King’ at  The Globe ’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse has been far and away our favourite production of the year. Funny and poignant in equal measure and with a fantastic central performance from  Mark Rylance , the only downside was that with a limited run in the cosy Sam Wanamaker it deserved a much bigger audience than could possibly see it. Thankfully  Sonia Friedman Productions  and the Globe agreed with me!

It’s rare we get the chance to see a production more than once, there’s simply too much to see and not enough time to see it! You can take it as read then that a show has to be pretty good to coax us into seeing it in three different venues!

Our friends at Shakespeare’s Globe have whetted appetites for their 2015 season with the announcement of some principal casting. With shows including ‘Richard II’, ‘As You Like It’ and a rare production of ‘King John’ that will go on a mini-tour before arriving at The Globe, 2015 promises to be a great one at the Bankside venue. Read on for casting information…