Theatre for a New Audience’s production of The Merchant of Venice at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum has received rave reviews. Read the 5 and 4-star reviews from
The Guardian, The Times, The Scotsman, The Herald, Arts Review Edinburgh, WhatsonStage, The Stage, Broadway Baby, and The Reviews Hub.
“Completely absorbing” Read more from The Scotsman here.
“Set is like an HBO epic: Shakespeare classic sparks with erotic charge.” Read more from The Herald here.
“John Douglas Thompson is not just a great Shakespearean actor, he is a great actor, and his presence on stage is a powerful and mesmerising one.” Read more from Arts Review Edinburgh here.
“The detail and clarity with which Thompson interprets and communicates Shylock is extraordinary. His intentions, and the how and why he ends up in the courtroom whetting his knife for Antonio’s flesh, are never in question.” Read more from All Edinburgh Theatre here.
“John Douglas Thompson is a commanding Shylock in a vision of an apparently benign city where tolerance buckles all too quickly.” Read more from The Guardian here.
“The casting of a black actor — the commanding John Douglas Thompson — in the role of Shylock amplifies the character’s suffering in this compelling staging.” Read more from The Times here.
“I can’t remember a recent Shakespeare production where the power of the diction drew me in so quickly, and it culminates in a trial scene that’s nothing short of gripping.” Read more from WhatsonStage here.
“Thrilling.” Read more from The Stage here.