As You Like It review – the RSC’s garden party is altogether too ordinary
Gender games, rebirth and affection remain in this 80-minute slash of the Shakespeare romcom, which is stylish but short on invention
June 2023
As You Like It review – age-blind anti-production pulls the rug on Arden
A bewitching cast cleverly turns Shakespeare into improv comedy in a backstage ‘rehearsal’ of the play, in which age and memory are played for laughs
December 2022
As You Like It review – Josie Rourke leads us into the liberating delight of Arden
Martha Plimpton and the whole ensemble shine in a production of Shakespeare’s nuanced romance interwoven with sign language and song
November 2022
Josie Rourke: ‘If Shakespeare was alive now he’d be under commission to Nica Burns’
As You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic
August 2022
‘I’d crawl over broken glass to work here’: CBeebies take on Shakespeare
The BBC kids’ channel is known for its wit, invention and credo of inclusivity – but can its take on As You Like It captivate children? Just throw in a property developer baddie and some non-binary casting …
