Kate Fleetwood

Pure gold: My Master Builder, at Wyndham’s Theatre, reviewed

3 May 2025 9:00 am

My Master Builder is a new version of Ibsen’s classic with a tweaked title and a transformed storyline. Henry and…

Macbeth at the movies

23 May 2020 9:00 am

The world’s greatest playwright ought to be dynamite at the movies. But it’s notoriously hard to turn a profit from…

It may have a meagre script and no plot but Farinelli and the King is still a major work of art

10 October 2015 9:00 am

Philippe V was a Bourbon prince who secured the throne of Spain using his family connections. Claire van Kampen is…

Lear for masochists

1 February 2014 9:00 am

Directors appear to have two design options when approaching a Shakespeare tragedy. Woodstock or jackboot. Woodstock means papal robes, shoulder-length…