Review: Much Ado About Nothing at The Globe

Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe: A silly, frilly production

Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare’s Globe | ★★★☆☆ The success of a Much Ado hinges much on its Beatrice and Benedick. Lucky for The Globe’s new production, the duo are in safe hands with Pippa Nixon and Ken Nwosu, who deliver sardonism and japes, respectively, with exacting precision in this joyful production of one of Shakespeare’s best known comedies.  While played in modern dress, this production is otherwise largely un-updated, and it’s a…

Review: Much Ado About Nothing at The Globe

The joyful dance sent us all skipping home! Chelsea Walker’s production is fun, played to ring every ounce of humour from the plot and in this succeeds brilliantly. From the moment the letter announcing the arrival of Don Pedro and his men is rushed, held high, through the pit to Laertes, overheard from the balcony by Hero and Beatrice to their obvious delight, the enjoyment begins, writes Liz Carlin.  The stage is brightly lit, the atmosphere i…

Much Ado about Nothing – Shakespeare’s Globe, London

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Chelsea Walker Leonato, the grey-bearded governor of Messina who opens Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing, is often a slightly formal, elderly character. His gravitas contrasts with the playful high spirits of the young soldiers, returned from the wars, whose loves, hates, and jealousies are about to erupt into the peaceful city. [...] The post Much Ado about Nothing – Shakespeare’s Globe, London appeared …

REVIEW: Much Ado About Nothing

Reading Time: 3 minutes ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. “Funny, moving and endlessly inventive, this is Shakespeare exactly as it should be experienced.” There are few better ways to spend a summer evening than at Shakespeare’s Globe. As the sun begins to set over the open-air theatre and musicians fill the space with live music, it’s impossible not to feel connected to the way Shakespeare’s plays were originally experienc…