The Alchemist

THEATRE REVIEW: Doctor Faustus

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WORTH A LOOK?: **

WHERE: Barbican

WHEN: 19/9, runs to 1/10

We caught Jamie Lloyd’s West End take on Christopher Marlowe’s classic starring Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harrington less than five months ago.

  • Read on for how the Royal Shakespeare Company’s take on Doctor Faustus differed from Jamie Lloyd’s

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THEATRE REVIEW: The Alchemist starring Siobhan McSweeney

Posted on by mrmonstagigz

WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2

WHERE: Barbican

WHEN: 16/9, runs to 1/10

When prostitute Dol Common (the excellent Siobhan McSweeney) is winched so she is left hanging from the ceiling (picture above) it doesn’t feel out of place in this re-imagining of a comedy by one of Shakespeare’s contemporaries.

  • Read on for a hint of the surprise ending that we’ve seen the RSC pull off once before

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