The Shakespeare Central Times

Rachel Ward, The Telegraph May 15, 2014   Fair Verona is not where we lay our scene in this third outing of one of Scottish Ballet’s most iconic works. The revival of Krzysztof Pastor’s 2008 production, to Prokofiev’s soaring score, takes us from Renaissance Verona to a stripped-back 20th century, but the central narrative of star-cross’d lovers and warring families remains the […]

Katie Buenneke, LA Weekly May 6, 2014   Romeo and Juliet would have been better as a comedy. Sure, it’s probably sacrilege to criticize Shakespeare, especially so soon after his 450th birthday, but it’s true. Just imagine, a comedy making fun of bumbling teenagers, fumbling around as they try to sort out their pubescent emotions, ending with a wedding and maybe a […]