For the first time in ten years, see Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s late, tragic comedy of love and rebellion, in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Cymbeline is queen of ancient Britain. When her ...

So there’s a lot thrown at the wooden walls of the playhouse and not all of it sticks, but enough does to make this production a success, albeit with caveats. And, if we are curling a lip at that oh ...

Read our review of Cymbeline, starring Martina Laird and Gabrielle Brooks, now in performances at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse to 20 April. It’s ladies’ night at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse where the ...

It’s hard to get excited about this quirky, patchy, candle-lit production of one of the Bard’s weakest works Scanning the company biographies for this quirky, patchy, candle-lit production of ...

A rare find for Shakespeare collectors, Cymbeline returns to the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse with vim and vigour. The Roman Empire is angry that Britain has not been paying her dues and war ...

Tang’s production isn’t perfect by a long chalk: in a theatre designed for different states of candlelight she lets harsh artificial illumination overwhelm the flames. But it is a lively engagement ...

This production, at the 340-seat Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, was enough to convince me that’s an ill-deserved state of affairs – it’s a play that deserves to be better known. Written around ...

This rarely-staged late Shakespearean romance gets a bold, vivid production from Jennifer Tang that matches its hectic mix of comedy, horror and absurdity. King Cymbeline here becomes a Queen ...

The list goes on. It’s an odd choice for the Sam Wanamaker, but one supposes they must get bored of playing the big hits all the time and fancied themselves a challenge. The plot in this ...

Among Shakespeare’s last and least-performed plays, this study of a deeply flawed king, unlikely disguises and paranoia over a lover’s fidelity can sometimes feel like a retread of the ...