"Strongly physical, highly emotional, fast paced and visually innovative"

Diss Express found Henry V and The Winter's Tale "strongly physical, highly emotional, fast paced and visually innovative. Dugald Bruce-Lockhart "carried his regal role with authority" and "[h]is Crispin Day speech was mesmerising and uplifting," Robert Hands played Leontes "with powerful emotion" and Karl Davies stood out in both plays, portraying a Catherine with "delightful humour" and "shining" as the Young Shepherd.  (Norwich)

Blogger Jennifer Potter recorded her reactions to Propeller's return to the Watermill, articulating some of what makes Propeller such an exceptional company.

The two shows drew praise from ABC Perth, which lauded how "Director Edward Hall frames the words in perfect context; in some ways, he rescues scenes that might be overlooked [...] and gives them new clarity and focus" and points to the The Winter's Tale as proof "every Propeller actor is a born comic."

Blogger Cameron Woodhead saw the shows in Perth and looks closely in his review of the female performances by Karl Davies, Richard Dempsey and Vince Leigh as well as providing some key details about each production in a review that concluded they were a "Perth Festival highlight."

Speaking of Perth, here is the program for Henry V and The Winter's Tale from the Perth Festival, which can be downloaded as a PDF.  [e]

Setting Spanish Sights

Richard III premieres in Spain next week and Girona Festival Temporada Alta has put the program online. For those whose Catalan is rusty (or who enjoy a good game of telephone), the translated page can be found here.

Coutts

If you want to read the message from Coutts, a sponsor of this tour, that appears in the programmes, well...I'm more than happy to oblige.

Blast from the Past

To break up the Taming and Twelfth Night deluge, here's some material on The Winter's Tale..

The program from Berkeley contains cast bios and a synopsis. It's interesting to see who's still around...

The New York Times said they were 'bold and delicate, startling and comforting."

My very own Washington Post begs that their visit two years ago be "the start of a beautiful friendship." Sadly, no visit to my hometown since. What gives?

For their stay at the Kennedy Center, they also had a CueSheet. Mostly for younger students of Shakespeare, there are some fun pictures in it from the production.

Wish You Caught Them in Australia?

Well, now you can read the program and pretend you did.

It includes an interesting interview with Simon Scardifield and pictures you don't usually see.