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Review: HAMLET, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
What do Shakespeare and James Cameron have in common? Before Rupert Goold took hold of the Bard’s tragic masterpiece, the answer would have been ‘nothing’. The soon-to-be artistic director of the Old Vic returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company after 14 years to offer a blockbuster Hamlet. Elsinore becomes a royal battleship and everything happens in less than one night in April 1912. Goold makes some daring choices, placing a lot of faith in his public and letting them interpret and assume certain twists in his vision.
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Review: MISS I-DOLL, The Other Palace
Entertainment is rotten business. Never mind all the allegations against big (normally male) names that regularly appear on our screens, superstardom is a road paved with dubious morals and forced subduedness. From Demi Lovato to Miley Cyrus, from One Direction to Boyzone, regardless of your gender, the industry will chew you up and spit you out. Reality TV competitions are the biggest perpetrators. Yet, Mia and her rivals seem to desire nothing else. But just before the final of Miss I-Doll, the hottest show on telly, a switch is flicked: this is a chance to turn the cameras towards what’s really going on. This entirely original one-woman musical is a firecracker.
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