Romeo & Juliet (Southwark Playhouse)
Romeo & Juliet (Southwark Playhouse)
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Romeo & Juliet (Southwark Playhouse) London Reviews and Tickets

42%
(2 Ratings)
Positive
50%
Mixed
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Negative
50%
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Dynamic, Excruciating, Clever, Great acting, Refreshing

A reimagining of Shakespeare's tragedy about the infamous star-crossed lovers.

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34 Reviews | 1 Follower
10
Excruciating

See it if I really don’t have anything for this one

Don't see it if You like theatre, this is really not a great version of the play, the acting is so wooden, it feels like a high school production

9 Reviews | 0 Followers
90
Refreshing, Great acting, Great staging, Dynamic, Clever

See it if Clever reworking into a pacy one-act modern (80s) Brixton setting with a small cast

Don't see it if You don’t like Shakespeare transplanted to modern settings

Critic Reviews (1)

The Telegraph (UK)
January 16th, 2022

Running to just 100 minutes – it’s designed for schools, but open to all comers - Nicky Allpress’s multi-racial production could be hideously gimmicky, but it has a refreshing cheek and an energetic, cheery coherence.
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