Photo by Helen Maybanks.
(Original post at The Boar)
Polly Findlay has staged a raucous, playful production of The Alchemist, Ben Jonson’s esteemed city comedy.
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Doctor Faustus, Royal Shakespeare Company
Photo by Helen Maybanks
(Original post at The Boar)
Maria Aberg returns to the RSC to direct a lurid, fantastical production of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. By now, most of us know the story – an ambitious scholar makes a fatal deal with Lucifer’s agent Mephistopheles. In exchange, he receives near limitless power, and meets a tragic demise. Aberg’s play is chaotic to watch, yet rarely steps a foot wrong, and left me near breathless at its close.
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Jessica Jones: ‘AKA Take A Bloody Number’
TW: rape
(Original post at The Boar)
This week Jessica Jones slows down enough to let its characters deal with their damaged relationships, and centres itself around the search for forgiveness. None of the characters have a wholly black and white morality, but some feel guiltier about blurring ethical boundaries than others.
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Jessica Jones: ‘AKA I’ve Got The Blues’
TW: rape
(Original post at The Boar)
So much has happened this week that I can barely fit it in one review. To my immense relief, in AKA I’ve Got The Blues, Jessica and Trish finally found out quite how off the rails Simpson is. Even before he murdered Clemons, Simpson’s behaviour was menacing with Kozlov’s drugs intensifying his hero complex into full-blown homicidal vigilantism.
Jessica Jones: ‘AKA 1,000 Cuts’
TW: rape
(Original post at The Boar)
This week, Jessica Jones treads familiar ground for the superhero genre, and asks what’s the cost of fighting a dangerous criminal. The lives caught in the crossfire become the central focus of AKA 1,000 Cuts, as Jessica’s allies each cause the death of a guiltless bystander.
Jessica Jones: ‘AKA Sin Bin’
TW: rape
(Original post at The Boar)
This week we find Kilgrave in his very own sin bin, a high tech prison made by Simpson complete with electrified water and hermetically sealed walls (I confess I had to google what that meant – airtight, for those who were wondering).
Jessica Jones: ‘AKA WWJD?’
TW: rape.
This week’s episode takes place almost entirely in Jessica’s old house. It’s to the credit of the actors and writers that AKA WWJD? is so compelling; by scaling down the action, Krysten Ritter and David Tennant are given the space they need to act, away from the violent showpieces of previous episodes.
Jessica Jones: ‘AKA Top Shelf Perverts’
TW: rape.
(Original post at The Boar)
Welcome back to week seven of the Jessica Jones series blog! Last week ended on a pretty pessimistic note, so let’s all take a moment to prepare ourselves for the fallout. Take a deep breath… Ready? Let’s go.
Jessica Jones: ‘AKA The Sandwich Saved Me’
TW: rape.
(Original post at The Boar)
AKA The Sandwich Saved Me has thankfully built on some of the points I brought up last week- the action of this week’s episode felt much tighter and more compelling, centred around the ultimately unsuccessful capture of Kilgrave by Jessica, Trish and Simpson.
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Jessica Jones: ‘AKA 99 Friends’
TW: rape.
(Original post at The Boar)
Welcome back to week four of the Jessica Jones series blog! Settle down, there’s a ton to talk about.
Bethan Ackerley 