Much Ado About Nothing - Watermill - Review

Shakespeare's finest comedy is relocated to 1940s Hollywood and given a slapstick makeover by adaptor Tom Wentworth and director Paul Hart in this new Watermill Theatre production. Paul Seven Lewis reviews the show that stras James Mack and Katherine Jack as Benedick and Beatrice, Fred Double and Thuliswa Magwaza as Claudio and Hero, Augustina Seymour as Don John and Hayden Wood as Dogberry. Love songs from the 40s are added to the mix with Priscille Grace singing and the actors, in the Watermill tradition, playing instrumental accompaniment.
Production photos in this review are by Pamela Raith.
Paul was given a review ticket by the theatre.
Much Ado About Nothing finished at The Watermill on 18 May 2024
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