From the magazine Lloyd Evans

Theatre

Cheerless and fussy: The Tempest, at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, reviewed

Plus: a strange play at the Arcola that feels like a pitch for a movie that no one would want to produce

Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans
The only point of light in Jamie Lloyd’s Tempest is Mathew Horne’s brilliant and adorably cuddly Trinculo  Marc Brenner
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 18 January 2025
issue 18 January 2025
  • Comments

  • The Tempest

    Theatre Royal Drury Lane, until 1 February

  • Tarantula

    Arcola Theatre, until 25 January

GIF Image

Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it

TRY 3 MONTHS FOR $5
Our magazine articles are for subscribers only. Start your 3-month trial today for just $5 and subscribe to more than one view

Read next

Trending

Henry Williams

Where have all the rabbits gone?

From the magazine
It’s spring and in this corner of rural Sussex, the bluetits are at the window, newborn lambs are bleating in their pens, and all the rabbits are dead. The burrows are still there, but the chewed grass, the little collections of brown pellets, the white bobtails scattering before your headlights at night, they are gone.

More on arcola theatre

Also by Lloyd Evans

Latest

Comments

Join the debate for just £1 a month

Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for £3.

Already a subscriber? Log in