"Josie Rourke’s staging of As You Like It, @sohoplace, demonstrates just how well suited this hip and happening upstart is to classical-theatrical revels."
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"It’s a richly atmospheric setting for Shakespeare, generating the degree of intimacy that the Globe, with its relentlessly arch approach, seldom achieves nowadays, alas."
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"Not a staging to lose your heart to, then; but its sunny intervals offer welcome warmth on a cold night."
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“A new theatre presents an old classic with a modern and fresh take, the inclusion of music and BSL makes for a terrifically accessible As You Like It, while some incredible performances make this an enchanting watch.”
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"The scene is set onstage in the first minutes. And it remains a stage throughout this harmonious production."
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" ‘As You Like It’ is a pretty weird play...Rourke’s production sacrifices a certain amount of clarity for in-the-moment entertainment. But I think that’s forgivable, especially when it looks and sounds as good as this."
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"The atmosphere of Rourke’s production is autumnal. 'As You Like It' celebrates a retreat into sunlit rural simplicity, but there are as many references to frost as to spring in the text."
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" 'As You Like It' is the first new production to come to @sohoplace, and it graces the space with its fresh approach. New thoughts for a new theatre feel like a good place to end the year."
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