THEATRE REVIEWS

How big a slice of the cake do you deserve?

How big a slice of the cake do you deserve?

Robert Tanitch reviews Dessert at Southwark Playhouse, London SE1 Oliver Cotton’s comedy-thriller, directed by Trevor Nunn, offers one-sided debate, moments of sheer farce and rather too much shouting ...
Shakespeare’s Shylock as opera

Shakespeare’s Shylock as opera

Robert Tanitch reviews WNO’s The Merchant of Venice at Royal Opera House, London Shakespeare’s play is one of his most accessible but it has lost its popular appeal since the Holocaust. At the very fi ...