The Winter’s Tale London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (3)
See it if You want to watch both venues at the globe as it's the first play to do so
Don't see it if You wanna be emotionally invested in a Shakespearean play. Cheap laughs and rapid transitions doesn't help at all with character development
See it if You like the concept of traveling between theaters to represent a different location
Don't see it if You have mobility issues, and cannot time travel
See it if you are a fan of reimagined Shakespeare plays, I highly recommend sitting in the benches during Act 2, there is a special surprise
Don't see it if you don't enjoy Shakespeare and have a hard time understanding it, aren't comfortable with themes of grief guilt and tragedy
Critic Reviews (5)
“This production also features one of the most entertaining enactments of 'Exit, pursued by a bear' that I have ever seen...It's a glimpse into the surreal that you don't often get with ‘The Winter's Tale’.”
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“With its abrupt plot developments and unlikely stage directions, this Shakespeare romance is rightly regarded as a challenging play to bring to life.”
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“Holmes’s production has a knack of making Shakespeare’s language feel afresh.”
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“Glimpses of fine craft and grand ambition cannot hold together Sean Holmes’s sprawling production of ‘The Winter’s Tale’...this chaotic tragi-comedy struggles to root us emotionally in Shakespeare’s story.”
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“There is so much more I’d love to say about this thoughtful and very entertaining play, but lack of space means it has to be summed up by: I’m sure Shakespeare would approve.”
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