In order to create an archive of the Shakespeare 400 activities that took place across all the partner organisations in 2016, a team of students at King's College London, from various disciplines and levels of study, reviewed as many of the events as possible.
Below are all of the reviews. Use the search box to find reviews
of a particular event.
Review by Daniela Tejada-Venegas, MA Arts and Cultural Management. A landmark exhibition on the performances that made an icon, charting Shakespeare’s constant reinvention across the centuries. Over 200 unique and rare items such as the only surviving play-script in Shakespeare’s hand. Read more...
Review by Stefanie Jirsak, PhD candidate in Management Research A festival that is typically overwhelming and exhausting, and where one struggles to get an immersive experience with the event and the theme? No, not the case with Play On. The event defied any stereotype of festivals being crammed with a lot of breadth, but little depth. Read more...
Review by Shehrazade Zafar-Arif, MA Shakespeare Studies. A cold, rainy Saturday evening was no time to be outside, and yet Guildhall Yard was filled to the brim with people, huddling together for warmth as they looked up expectantly at the beautiful old building. Read more...
Review by Daniela Tejada-Venegas, MA Arts & Cultural Management. Bringing light to the Guildhall Yard, which lies upon the city’s Roman amphitheatre and holds Shakespeare’s deed and one of the world’s finest exemplars of the First Folio, Shakespeare Son et Lumiere reimagined this little historical urban gem Read more...
Review by Jenna Byers, PhD candidate in History. This exhibition is interesting, in that it is attempting to do something different to most previous Shakespeare exhibitions that I have seen. It is not about Shakespeare’s plays and, in fact, his output as a playwright is seen as almost superfluous to the purpose of this exhibition. Read more...
Review by Rowena Hawkins, MA Shakespeare Studies. A lighting exhibition developed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Barbican Centre. Read more...
Review by Richard Foord, MA Renaissance Literature. A lighting installation developed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Inspired by the set design for the plays, the installation explores the use of creative stage lighting and projections in the productions. Read more...
