Tag: Matt Penson

Greenwich Theatre’s current production of Shakespeare’s much loved play has some interesting and innovative features. Romeo is cast as a woman, apparently as a tribute to the Pride movement, and it makes extensive use of music played and sung by the six performers who are all talented musicians.  Whilst I was initially unsure about the same sex leading couple it worked well and appeared natural. The music was very pleasant although somewhat idiosyncratic, including at, one time, one of Simon and Garfunkel’s numbers, the relevance of which to the plot was not clear. An impressive backdrop had been constructed with a large steel balcony which was used, obviously, for the famous balcony scene but when it was used for dialogue between other characters, for example, in  Lord Capule...