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Fri May 3 2013

Here’s a pitch for a sitcom: there’s this middle-aged bachelor – let’s have him played by Roger Allam from ‘The Thick of It’, say – and he’s also a magician, right? And he lives on a desert island with his precocious teenage daughter Miranda – maybe somebody from one of those Andrew Lloyd Webber talent shows to play her – an oddball fairy called Ariel – Colin Morgan from ‘Merlin’ is free now, right? – and a rape-happy goblin called Caliban. Hilarious, yeah? And then, uh-oh! Guess who drops in? Only his evil brother Antonio.

Yup, small-screen star and Globe stalwart Allam plays Shakespeare’s enchanter Prospero as the original put-upon sitcom dad in director Jeremy Herrin’s jolly new version of ‘The Tempest’. And it works brilliantly… Some of the time.

With his arsenal of rolled eyes, awkward silences, exasperated sighs, and helpless looks, Allam finds a novel, funny and very human take on the oft stick-in-the-mud-ish Prospero. And while he’s on stage, everything goes to plan – his slightly stilted repartee with Morgan’s somewhat confused Ariel is a hoot in particular, while ‘I’d Do Anything’ runner up Jessie Buckley charms as half-feral Miranda.

In an explicitly comic production, the comedy subplot – in which James Garnon’s humble Caliban and shipwrecked servants Stephano and Trinculo stumble around the island getting shitfaced on moonshine – is as gloriously OTT a bit of nonsense as you’d hope.

But there is no sense of danger whatsoever in this cuddly ‘The Tempest’ and Herrin seems totally at a loss over what to do with the shipwrecked ‘villains’, headed by Prospero’s dastardly usurping brother Antonio (Jason Baughan). They stand around, saying their lines with all the élan of a bunch of middle managers on an away day, looking barely directed next to the loving comic detail of the other scenes. I suspect as the run goes on these bits will be fixed, but for now this bold comic reinvention of Shakespeare’s final play is only a qualified success.

Andrzej Lukowski

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Fri Jun 28

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Sat Jun 29

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I saw this the other night -- as a groundling, for 5 pounds -- and it was really terrific. I dunno what the Time Out reviewer was thinking when he gave it 3 stars. It's excellent.Excellent Prospero and a fascinating, memorable Pakistani Caliban.

MMD About 2 days ago
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Just been to see the Sunday afternoon show - and sorry three stars does not do it justice. The relationships between Prospero and Miranda and Prospero and Ariel are at the heart of this production, and Allam, Buckley and Morgan keep the audience transfixed like no other production of The Tempest I've seen. Beautifully judged performances that really move you. And they make it great fun at the same time. Joshua James deserves special mention too for his loveable, hilarious Ferdinand. The four deserved the huge roars of approval they got from the crowd this afternoon. OK so some of the other sections can't quite live up to the theatrical heights the production reaches at its best - blame Shakespeare - but you are missing out on an experience of a lifetime if you don't get along to the Globe to see it.

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I went to see it last night - it was just fabulous and incredibly good. Magical environment and experience. We laughed, we cried and our backs ached cos we were standing in the yard but got within touching distance of the actors. Never before have I seen a performance where every single line and word was so well understood and thus conveyed by the actors and every moment was hit so perfectly. An astounding play, performed at its very best. If you can get in to see it, do so.

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