King John
Jaz Woodcock-Stewart directs the penultimate Shakespeare play!
Why see King John?
Heaven Take My Soul, And England Keep My Bones!
Experience Shakespeare’s seldom-performed masterpiece King John in the intimate, candlelit setting of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse as Olivier-nominated director Jaz Woodcock-Stewart (Paradise Now!, Bush Theatre) makes her first directorial outing at the Globe!
What Is It About?
Determined to hold the throne for himself despite France demanding he abdicate in favour of his nephew, Prince Arthur, John devises a stunningly cruel plan to thwart their plans. But he hasn't counted on his rivals to put Arthur on the throne.
Cast
Jamie Ballard as King John
Howard Charles
Lisa Dillon
Maggie Steed
Ignatius Anthony
Joe Bannister
Burt Caesar
Tom Chapman
Elisabeth Hopper
Stephen Kennedy
Dominic Mafham
Chris Andrew Mellon
Dale Rapley
Miles Richardson
Carmen Rodriguez
David Shelley
Jon Tarcy
Harry Marcus
Sebastian Croft.
Creative
Directed by Trevor Nunn
Associate Direction by Michael Oakley
Set and Costume Design by Mark Friend
Concept Design by John Napier
Lighting Design by Paul Pyant
Sound Design by Fergus O'Hare
Composer/Arrangements by Corin Buckeridge
Casting by Ginny Schiller
Reviews
Customer reviews
Luke
A clever and thoroughly comedic production.
A well composed script, tells the story of a charismatic London restaurantuer and his visit to an old aqaintance in North West London. Well casted and a real
seam of rich British humour runs through the play, whilst managing, ably to raise some wider pithy big society issues . The set is fantastic, a grubby council flat
with a very impressive backdrop. Be sure to have pre-theatre dinner as Mulligan cooks up a spaghetti bolognese live on stage! Go and see Skylight, for laughs
with Nighy and some well constructed 'fall guy' set pieces from Mulligan.
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Pierre O'Hallaran
Skylight
Saw this play 19 years ago with Micheal Gambon and Lia Williams an d loved it. Back then the play seemed to have more of a political punch as the country had grown to detest the sleazy Tory government
and
the left/right divide was more pronounced and topical. The play when first produced was set in the present and remains set in the early 1990s which again means that it loses some of its sharpness. Still, it's
always nice to see Bill Nighy (his psychiatrist in Blue Orange remains a personal treasure) and Carey Mulligan looks rather wonderful all the time. Nighy returns to the role of Tom and turns
in a charming rant of a performance with the audience and Kyra (Mulligan) hanging on his every word. If a little contrived at times, the dialogue is on the whole plausible and witty with both characters picking
out the flaws in each others' choices and lives. It is Mulligan who does not seem quite at peace with the role of Kyra, alas. ... Read more
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