The Winter's Tale

 

The Winter's Tale, Garrick Theatre, 2015.

Cast: Pierre Atri/Rudi Goodman, Jaygann Ayeh, Tom Bateman, Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley, VEra Chok, Jack Colgrave Hirst, John Dalgleish, Judi Dench, Hadley Fraser, Adam Garcia, Matthew Hawksley, Taylor James, Pip Jordan, Ansu Kabia, Stuart Neal, Michael Pennington, Zoe Rainey, Miranda Raison, Michael Rouse, John Shrapnel, Kathryn Wilder, Jimmy Yuill.

Writer: William Shakespeare

Director: Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh

I remember being excited about this because Judi Dench was in it. It was part of a season of plays directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh at the Garrick but I managed to resist most of them. They weren't very well reviewed and the Garrick really out to be knocked down as it's no use as a theatre. Looking at the programme now I realise it's another occasion where I've seen Jessie Buckley before she became the phenomenon that she is now.