The Family Plays is just as described: a double- bill of plays from foreign shores, each of which shows a family oblivious to the catastrophes that befall all too many lives.
Michael Grandage's production of Othello puts the emphasis where it should be- on the title character. And it pays off. Chiwetel Ejiofor's performance as the Moor is priceless.
The Brothers Size shows that young playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney has a superabundance of what can only be called soul.There is definitely music pouring from him.
This revival of Max Frisch's 1953 play The Fire Raisers( here re-titled The Arsonists ), a so-called moral play without a moral is a biting, enduring fable, that, on this occasion, has somehow mislaid its bite.
No, playwright Kwame Kwei- Armah isn't quite the second coming of August Wilson. But his Statement of Regret has some powerful things to say about the need for the (British) black community to get a grip on its past so as to better handle its future.
War Horse is, in essence , an horrific World War I tale nevertheless, through a blend of puppet wizardry and touching (children's) story, it manages to be a compelling and moving theatre experience.
Michelangelo faces off against Leonardo da Vinci, for bragging rights in Florence: The prize: Sculpting the statue of David. Antony Sher's The Giant adroitly hammers out the tale of this epic competition. But, given the protagonists, he could have carved out a little bit more of the back story.
