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Romeo and Juliet: A Multi-Platform Digital Theatre production
May 20, 2021 Last updated:
May 20, 2021
Although every cloud has a silver lining, the “opportunities” provided by the pandemic to deliver something new have largely been unsuccessful and left audiences cold and aching for “proper” theatre. Yet with her tight new digital production of
Romeo and Juliet for Creation Theatre in partnership with Watford Palace Theatre, Natasha Rickman has achieved what I was beginning to think was impossible – an experience that is genuinely theatrical and yet takes full advantage of online presentation. If you have ever wished it was possible to watch – closely – everyone on stage at the same time, you will be delighted by the way Rickman conjures her characters and the settings and incidents of the play – at times hinting that the work of Ingmar Bergman and Nicolas Roeg has been an influence, but creating something unique and really very special.
This CGI shows the proposed 22 storey tower on the left. The view is taken from the ring road. On the right is Beechen Grove Baptist Church. Credit: IDA London Holdings/Iceni Projects Plans have been released for a 22-storey tower in the heart of Watford. Developer IDA London Holdings is seeking to replace the former RBS bank site in the town centre with a building of 103 flats. The development site is on the corner of Clarendon Road and the ring road, opposite Watford Palace Theatre. Neighbours have received letters informing them of the possible development and an online consultation has been set up ahead a formal planning application, which is yet to be submitted.
From imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse, the creators of last year s critically acclaimed unique shot-for-shot stage recreation of George A. Romero s classic 1968 zombie movie - Night of The Living Dead - Remix comes a radical new adaptation of Bram Stoker s classic gothic horror novel. Dracula: The Untold Story will bring audiences this enduring tale from the perspective of Mina Harker, the novel s heroine.
Written and directed by imitating the dog s co-artistic directors Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks, Dracula: The Untold Story will open at Leeds Playhouse from 25 Sept - 9 Oct ahead of a UK tour.
New Year s Eve, 1965, London, England. Just before midnight, as revellers celebrate the beginning of another year, a young woman enters Marylebone Police Station and confesses to a brutal murder.