The Tempest by William Shakespeare  20th June – 18th August 2017 at the Barbican, London Royal Shakespeare Company in collaboration with Intel Taking a seat in the Barbican’s theatre tonight, the sound of the ocean immediately transports the audience away from the busy urban London scenes outside the venue to distant shores in…

When first contemplating going to watch Andrew Lloyd Webber’s widely acclaimed new West End musical based on Richard Linklater’s film starring Jack Black (of the same name), it was not high on a personal ‘must-see’ list, and to an avid rock fan the image of a cheesy singalong to heavy rock music was a deterrent.…