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London theatre reviews written by Sally Knipe

The following London theatre reviews are written by Sally Knipe, for and on behalf of Londontheatre1, for London West End and Off-West End productions.
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HENRY V: live online – Guildford Shakespeare Company | Review

April 24, 2021 Last updated: April 24, 2021 4:26 pm By Sally Knipe

GSC Henry V Cast

This production of Henry V is the eighth of Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GSC) Zoom shows. I am watching on St. Georges’ Day, Shakespeare’s birthday, normally a day to be out enjoying a sonnet walk. Well, hopefully, next year. Caroline Devlin directs this online version, with sound design by Matt Eaton, digital design by Beth Mann, costume design by Anett Black and Philip d’Orleans as Fight Director. I have purposefully mentioned the artistic team first as they have done such a fantastic … [Read more...]

Kneehigh’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk | Review

December 5, 2020 Last updated: May 2, 2021 12:58 pm By Sally Knipe

Kneehigh The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk. Credit Steve Tanner. Marc Antolin as Marc Chagall.

I have a confession; I have seen The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk before, actually, I’ve seen it twice before in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and at Wilton’s Music Hall. I loved it so much I jumped at the chance to see it again, this time virtually from Bristol Old Vic. It gave a completely different perspective to the performance, seeing the actors so close up. I could appreciate their facial expressions so much more than I normally can, many rows back through myopic eyes. The Flying Lovers tells … [Read more...]

Guildford Shakespeare Company’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

September 26, 2020 Last updated: September 26, 2020 9:05 pm By Sally Knipe

Guildford Shakespeare Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream

This production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an adaptation of Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GSC) 2017 open-air production. Lotte Wakeham, who is now Artistic Director of the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, has returned to GSC to direct this online version, a co-production with the Octagon Theatre. I am really pleased that this, like all GSC’s online productions this year, has been so popular that two extra performances have now been added on the 2nd and 3rd October. Puck (Emma Fenney) is our … [Read more...]

UK Tour of Bang Bang! at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford | Review

March 4, 2020 Last updated: March 4, 2020 5:44 pm By Sally Knipe

Bang Bang! Northcott Theatre - Credit Paul Blakemore

Bang Bang! is, perhaps, rather surprisingly, John Cleese’s stage-writing debut. It is an adaption of Georges Feydeau’s farce “Monsieur Chasse”, written in French in 1892. John Cleese and Director Daniel Buckroyd’s version keeps the story in the time and place that it was originally set: Paris in the mid-1890s but, thankfully, it is performed in English. David Shields’ set is brilliantly designed, beginning at Monsieur and Madame Duchotel’s (Tony Gardner and Tessa Peake-Jones) Parisian home … [Read more...]

The Creature: Frankenstein Retold at the Rose Theatre Kingston | Review

February 29, 2020 Last updated: February 29, 2020 2:27 pm By Sally Knipe

The Creature . Photo by Csilla Horváth.

I feel quite honoured to be attending the professional debut of this evening’s cast who are all alumni of the Rose Youth Theatre. Ciaran McConville, the former Director of Learning and Participation at the Rose Theatre has updated Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ with references to modern technology that brings the story right up to date but remains just as terrifying. Philip Connolly’s set is a tangled mass of pipes, wires, cobwebs and rags and so much smoke that I was surprised the smoke … [Read more...]

Macbeth by Guildford Shakespeare Company | Review

February 12, 2020 Last updated: February 12, 2020 1:17 pm By Sally Knipe

GSC Macbeth 2020 | Matt Pereira Photography

Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GCS) content warning certainly tells you everything you need to know! "Shakespeare’s Macbeth contains themes of violence, war, murder, infanticide and the supernatural." No surprises then. However, the production is set against the background of a very contemporary guerrilla war, with whistling gunfire amidst a smoky haze, making the audience feel as if they could be in the line of fire. This made the atmosphere much more real and immediate and, quite frankly, … [Read more...]

All’s Well That Ends Well at Jermyn Street Theatre | Review

November 11, 2019 Last updated: November 11, 2019 5:44 pm By Sally Knipe

Hannah Morrish (Helena), Gavin Fowler (Bertram), Miranda (The Queen) - - credit ‘Matt Pereira’ photographer

I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to see this production in Guildford as I always try to see everything that Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) produce, but what a treat! I get to see it in the delightful Jermyn Street Theatre for GSC’s first London transfer. Most of the set is covered with dust sheets as we take our seats but enough is showing to see that this production has a modern setting, although not too modern as the LPs and video tapes are evident on the shelving around the … [Read more...]

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