![]() There are witty trombones and trumpets played alongside punkishly performed numbers (from Arctic Monkeys, Jill Scott, the Streets). The runaway highlight of this production is the band, which almost adds an extra charismatic character, particularly with its percussive sounds. But they grow stronger, especially Enoch’s earnest Romeo, and are both better as rebels and desperados when performing soliloquies. No other kind of chemistry is sparked between Enoch and Murrell that might fill the place of passion. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardianĭivested of their romance, Romeo and Juliet begin the play as the least interesting characters, with every other part overshadowing theirs for vibrancy. Romeo and Juliet, designed by Jacob Hughes. Sirine Saba is a nerdy and neurotic Nurse, bringing comedy and warmth without turning the part into a clucking hen cliche. There is a standout performance as Mercutio by Adam Gillen, who plays his part with a dangerous, bug-eyed energy a little like that of his Mozart in the National Theatre’s Amadeus. The foolish ardour of the lovers is made explicit this way too: “The rational part of the young person’s brain is not really developed until age 25”, we are told, just as Friar Laurence (Sargon Yelda) marries them in secret. ![]() Then, a glinting sense of mischief accompanies the statement that “patriarchy is a system in which men hold the power” while a kickboxing Juliet is told to prepare for marriage. We are told, early on, that about 20% of teenagers experience depression before they reach adulthood this grates, yet feels relevant as Romeo mopes for Rosaline. This framing device, a hair’s breadth from appearing reductive and gimmicky, gains emotional power, irony or bathos as it goes along. The most daring, potentially disastrous addition is a series of statements presented on a screen to signpost the relevance of Shakespeare’s themes today, scene by scene. The play is tightened to under two hours – and all the more gripping for it. She keeps a firm grasp on the verse so that it is not drowned out. Ince assisted Phyllida Lloyd on the Donmar’s Shakespeare Trilogy and here shows the same mix of modern audacity and appreciation for the text. I have this strange notion that clothes should be fun.īy the time I was seven, I did a sonnet at Shakespeare's Globe theatre for Shakespeare's birthday because my dad had been at the first season of the Globe and was friends with the artistic director.Beth Cordingly as Lady Capulet. So I was thinking, I'm going to try and not get a car, just because I'm a contrarian that way. I got told by pretty much everyone I knew that, if I'm going to be out in L.A., working, you need a car. Now I know I'm a good few decades late on this one, but I've always been behind the curve. Sometimes people are like, 'Hey, you played Dean Thomas!' and I'm like, 'Wow, you actually know!' It kind of shocks me because when I think about movies I love, and if I saw someone who essentially did what I did in Harry Potter, I probably wouldn't recognize them walking down the street. I really love my work, so wherever it takes me, I'm happy to be. I think it doesn't like me because I think it knows I don't like it. I think dead humans rising from their graves with little to no sense of who they were in their past lives to mindlessly roam the earth consigning others to the same fate would be a bit depressing. ![]() I have not seen 'Legally Blonde.' I must be in the small, ever-dwindling minority on that one. I don't think of myself as a trendy person at all, and if I'm anything, I'm probably contrarian. When I was, like, 10, I decided it would look really cool, so I pretended I was British.
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