AS YOU LIKE IT (Guildford Shakespeare Company)*****

 

By Louise

Link: https://booking.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/booking-start

Available until: 15^th August 2021. The recording becomes available at 7.30pm (and 2.30pm on Sundays) on the day you book.

Guildford Shakespeare Company have been very generous with their digital productions since the pandemic and their many enjoyable productions include A Christmas Carol and Henry V. They have recently returned to live performances, but they have still very kindly chosen to share She Stoops to Conquer and now As You Like It with us. The productions aren’t free to watch online (and there is no reason why they should be), but the company went to the trouble of recording the shows and making them available to us and the standard is always very high so it is well worth the money. Guildford is quite a long way away from where I live so it would be difficult to visit especially now but I am really glad we have had the opportunity to get to know this company’s work, even though the reason is sad.

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (Guildford Shakespeare Company/Guildford Castle Gardens)*****

 

By Louise

Link: https://www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/she-stoops-to-conquer

Available until: 18^th July

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith is a really enjoyable play. It is a lot of fun and nothing really bad happens, but even though it was written in 1773, it has quite a contemporary outlook in some ways and I think you can learn a lot about people from watching this play.

HENRY V (Guildford Shakespeare Company)****

 

By Louise

Link: https://www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/henry-5-online

Available until: Final performance on 25^th April at 7pm

There is only half an hour until the final performance of Guildford Shakespeare’s Henry V, but I really hope that everyone who is interested in seeing a short, brilliant production of Henry V will be able to watch this one.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Guildford Shakespeare Company)*****

 

By Emma

Link: https://www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/a-christmas-carol £20

Available until: The final livestreams are on 30^th December at 3pm and 7.30pm

I really enjoyed this production of A Christmas Carol. It is a really good dramatization of the story by Naylah Ahmed and the performances are so good.

It’s done on Zoom so the characters aren’t actually together but the way the screens are pushed together kind of makes you forget that. Some of it is filmed in outside locations and it looks like there is real snow. If you watch it on Zoom you can either have your camera turned on or off but if yours is switched on, watch out! The Fezziwigs will get you on the main screen and make you dance! It’s great if you’re into that but not everyone is. Remember to mute yourself too and stay muted!