Video review: Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane starring Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston
16/02/2025
Video transcript: Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston are having so much fun in this production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
This is a playful, cheeky, party-themed production of Shakespeare's play.
And it's vibrant, it's acid pink in both its tone and its design.
There is this brilliant chemistry between the two leads. I loved all of their sparring and interaction, and they both get to shake their booties quite a bit.
There's a lot of dance, there's a lot of singing. It just bursts off the stage.
And the darker parts of the story, the stuff that happens in the second half of the play, is handled really well. The tonal shift is very well done.
I thought this was an excellent production, and it's getting a double thumbs up from me.
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