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Sean Holmes’s revival of the c1597 Falstaff spin-off reputedly written at Elizabeth I’s request (she wanted to see the fat ...
Shakespeare's comedy is out of step with modern tastes, thanks to its body shaming. Sean Holmes's new production gets around ...
Okay, this bawdy domestic comedy featuring the fat knight Falstaff in wooing mode is never going to rank among Shakespeare’s ...
Shakespeare’s Prince Hal may have rejected Sir John Falstaff as a symbol of his misspent youth, but the real-life monarch ...
While there are a few speeches or sections lost to acoustic issues, and it would have been interesting to see a few more ...
GENEVA — Geneva Light Opera is presenting three fully staged performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s comic opera “Falstaff,” which is based on Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives of Windsor,” later this month.
Read our review of *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, directed by Sean Holmes, now in performances at Shakespeare's Globe to 20 ...
Exploring the theme of “chosen family,” the theatre’s upcoming 16th season presents Wallace Thurman’s Fire!!, Gilbert and ...
The rest of The Merry Wives of Windsor sits around this maverick figure as a series of quirky contrivances, loosely held together through various schemes, deceptions, romantic entanglements and ...
Last time George Fouracres was on stage he was owning it with a exuberant caricature of imperious, petulant Andrew Lloyd Webber in Flo and Joan ’s One Man Musical. Well, he brings a similar ...
The 2025 season features nine productions over several months, more than any season since 2019. In mid-June, ticket sales had ...