As You Like It (@sohoplace)
As You Like It (@sohoplace)
Closed 2h 40m London: Soho
85% 40 reviews
85%
(40 Ratings)
Positive
93%
Mixed
2%
Negative
5%
Members say
Clever, Entertaining, Delightful, Absorbing, Enchanting

About the Show

Olivier Award-nominated Josie Rourke directs William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.

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Critic Reviews (11)

Time Out London
December 15th, 2022

" ‘As You Like It’ is a pretty weird play...Rourke’s production sacrifices a certain amount of clarity for in-the-moment entertainment. But I think that’s forgivable, especially when it looks and sounds as good as this."
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The Telegraph (UK)
December 15th, 2022

"Josie Rourke’s staging of As You Like It, @sohoplace, demonstrates just how well suited this hip and happening upstart is to classical-theatrical revels."
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The London Evening Standard
December 15th, 2022

"The atmosphere of Rourke’s production is autumnal. 'As You Like It' celebrates a retreat into sunlit rural simplicity, but there are as many references to frost as to spring in the text."
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WhatsOnStage
December 15th, 2022

" 'As You Like It' is the first new production to come to @sohoplace, and it graces the space with its fresh approach. New thoughts for a new theatre feel like a good place to end the year."
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The Times (UK)
December 15th, 2022

"It’s a richly atmospheric setting for Shakespeare, generating the degree of intimacy that the Globe, with its relentlessly arch approach, seldom achieves nowadays, alas."
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London Theatre
December 16th, 2022

"If you’re seeking an Arden of verdant delights for your festive outing, accessibly performed by a charismatic company, you’ll certainly find it here."
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The Guardian (UK)
December 15th, 2022

"The speeches of love, friendship and loyalty between characters come with the physicality and intimacy of British Sign Language, as central to the drama as music and song."
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All That Dazzles (UK)
December 19th, 2022

"A beautiful production in every sense, 'As You Like'. It is a wonderful piece of theatre. "
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