TWELFTH NIGHT (American Shakespeare Center/Blackfriars Playhouse/BlkFrsTV)*****

 

By Arran

Link: https://americanshakespearecenter.com/events/twelfth-night

Available until: You can buy this on its own or in a package with A Midsummer Night’s Dream or Twelfth Night or you can buy all 3 together at a discount which sounds like buy 2, get 1 free. If you buy a package, you have two weeks to watch it. I’m not sure about if you only buy one.

I really liked this production of Twelfth Night. There are things in the play that make me sad but I think it was performed in the best way so I was less sad. There are lots of different ways you can perform Twelfth Night and I like it best when it is a comedy. I don’t know why because some of the things that happen are very serious but it was like they made all the characters as nice as they could be without making them seem not like themselves anymore.

OTHELLO (American Shakespeare Center/Blackfriars Playhouse/BlkFrsTV)*****

 

By Louise

Link: https://americanshakespearecenter.com/events/othello

Available until: You can buy this on its own or in a package with A Midsummer Night’s Dream or Twelfth Night or you can buy all 3 together at a discount which sounds like buy 2, get 1 free. If you buy a package, you have two weeks to watch it. I’m not sure about if you only buy one.

A lot of theatre companies don’t just put on plays – they have their own identity as a theatre. A big part of the American Shakespeare Center’s identity seems to be music. They performed songs in character both at the start of the play and during the interval.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (American Shakespeare Center/Blackfriars Playhouse/BlkFrsTV)***

 

By Emma

Link: https://americanshakespearecenter.com/blkfrstv_catalog

Available until: You can buy this on its own or in a package with Othello or Twelfth Night or you can buy all 3 together at a discount which sounds like buy 2, get 1 free. If you buy a package, you have two weeks to watch it. I’m not sure about if you only buy one.

I have seen more polished Midsummer Night’s Dreams than this one but director Nathan Winkelstein has created a very funny production with some really creative ideas which I love and they perform it with lots of enthusiasm which is really lovely to watch. They’re performing at the Blackfriars Playhouse, which is a really beautiful theatre with a gorgeous wooden stage and you can also see some of the seats right at the side of the stage.

KEENE (Red Bull Theater/American Shakespeare Center)****

 

By Dave

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSYNsNsg0X4&feature=youtu.be

Available until: Friday 24^th October, 12am

This play sounds quite heavy. It’s all about academics at a conference and I’d be lying if I said it didn’t give me a few reservations. But it’s actually a sweet, funny and very relevant play about human beings. It helped that I’m a fan of Shakespeare and opera and that I managed to learn a fair amount about One Direction in the days when Imogen refused to speak about anything else but I don’t think this knowledge is necessary in order to appreciate the play. I think you’ll probably pick up what you need to know as you go along.