Twelfth Night & The Taming of the Shrew

Twelfth Night & The Taming of the Shrew, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2013.

Cast: Ben Allen, Darrell Brockis, Joseph Chance, John Dougall, Finn Hanlon, Lewis Hart, Christopher Heyward, Vince Leigh, Chris Myles, Liam O'Brien, Benjamin O'Mahony, Gary Shelford, Dan Wheeler, Arthur Wilson.

Writer: William Shakespeare

Director: Edward Hall

I miss Propeller. I think they lost all their funding in one of the early rounds of government cuts which was a pity as I saw them several times and always enjoyed what they did. They always toured a pair of Shakespeare's plays at the same time I guess because selling a whole week of one would be too difficult outside of London and nobody wants to move a large cast every few days. There unique thing was that they were an all-male company, not with the point of excluding women although of course that's what they did, but because that's how the plays were originally performed. I'm not sure that would stand up so well now, but they were always well directed and performed so I'd welcome the chance to see anything Edward Hall does in future.