Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

Clive Rowe is astonishing: Hackney Empire’s Jack and the Beanstalk reviewed

Plus: a dazzlingly good Red Riding Hood at Theatre Royal Stratford East

There are few performers in Britain who are as versatile: Clive Rowe as the dairymaid Daisy Trot in Hackney Empire's Jack and the Beanstalk. Image: Manuel Harlan
  • Comments

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Hackney Empire, until 2 January

  • Red Riding Hood

    Theatre Royal Stratford East, until 31 December

Already a subscriber? Log in

This article is for subscribers only

Subscribe today and get a £30 Amazon gift card if you correctly predict the next US president.

Offer ends in ${days} days ${hours} hrs ${minutes} mins ${seconds} secs
  • The weekly edition delivered, via the Spectator app
  • Unlimited access to spectator.co.uk
  • Spectator newsletters and exclusive events
  • The chance to win a case of Pol Roger Champagne

Read next

Trending

Kate Andrews

Can Labour save its Budget?

Kate Andrews
After the Office for Budget Responsibility’s assessment of the Budget was published on Wednesday, the cost of government borrowing started to rise. Yesterday, those costs hit their highest levels this year, with the 10-year gilt yield peaking just over 4.5 per cent and the five-year gilt yield exceeding 4.4 per cent, before settling slightly by

Because you read about fairy tales

Also by Lloyd Evans

Latest

Comments

Join the debate today

Guess the new US president when you subscribe, and get a £30 Amazon gift card.

Already a subscriber? Log in