Birmingham Post - Tag - swan theatre

Review: The Empress, RSC, at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Birmingham Post — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:23:00 GMT

Stories of five true and fictional characters are cleverly weaved together in Tanika Gupta’s breathtakingly beautiful new play at the RSC’s Swan Theatre.

Review: A Life Of Galileo at the Swan Theatre in Stratford

Birmingham Post — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Move heaven and earth to see Ian McDiarmid as the genius scientist, mathematician and philosopher Galileo.

Review: The Mouse And his Child, at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Birmingham Post — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:06:00 GMT

The Mouse and His Child is a darker version of Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story – with live jazz.

Review: Boris Godunov, by the RSC, at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Birmingham Post — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:15:00 GMT

“A comedy about tyranny” gleefully declare the posters around the theatre and the wonderfully dark humour comes with a strong seasoning of violence.

A Tender Thing's portrayal of Romeo and Juliet in their old age

Birmingham Post — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT

It was the greatest ever love story, but what would have happened to Romeo and Juliet if they had lived on into their 70s? Marion McMullen looks at a new RSC play portraying the pair as older lovers.

Review: Richard II, at Swan Theatre, Stratford

Birmingham Post — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A LEATHER-clad heavy metal hellraiser... with a Northern Irish accent.

Review: Written On The Heart, at RSC, Swan Theatre, Stratford

Birmingham Post — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

In this largely faithless world of ours, few go bonkers for the bible.

Willy Russell: Rita was story of my life

Birmingham Post — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Lorne Jackson meets a playwright who inadvertently broke his own rule in creating a timeless, much-loved female character.

Translating the Bible translators

Birmingham Post — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

David Edgar has created a fascinating play examining how the King James Bible was created 400 years ago – and why it is so crucial to our language. Diane Parkes reports.

Review: Cardenio, at Swan Theatre, RSC

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The RSC’s chief associate director Greg Doran kicks off the RSC’s 50th anniversary season in the newly refurbished Swan Theatre with his interpretation of Shakespeare’s “lost play” Cardenio.