Three-time Academy Award nominee and BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning actress Sigourney Weaver, best known globally for her iconic role as Ripley in the Alien franchise, made her West End debut earlier this month as Prospero.

Courtesy of Jamie Lloyd and his eponymous theatre company, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber this new show is billed as an 'enchanting story of revenge and forgiveness'. The thrilling new production of William Shakespeare's shipwrecked epic is currently showing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and will remain there until February 1st, book your tickets HERE!

The critics have spoken, let's see what they had to say!

Reviews

The Guardian

"The swirling black emptiness around the set looks fathomless, blasts of light bring tremendous visual drama, and sheer silken sheets spanning the length of the stage are used in simple but sensational ways. The production creates its own dark magic with large-scale grandeur."

"The production creates its own dark magic with large-scale grandeur"

"It's all thoroughly odd, but in an audacious and enlivening way. So, come for Sigourney Weaver and stay for the weird magic."

TimeOut

"Elsewhere, newcomer Mara Huf is terrific as a growling voiced, sarcastic Miranda, turning many of Prospero's daughter's ditsiest lines on their heads"

"It looks awesome, and cues up Park and Huf as stars of the future."

"newcomer Mara Huf is terrific as a growling voiced"

LondonTheatre

"Mason Alexander Park as the spirit Ariel brings an ethereal, otherworldly presence to the stage, descending from the sky dressed in a gold corset and feathered neckerchief."

"Soutra Gilmour's grey-scale, futuristic, moon-like set, with mountainous rock face and rubble, is visually striking and, once lit by Clark's lighting, aptly captures the hostile environment of this rough, wild island."

"moon-like set, with mountainous rock face and rubble, is visually striking"

What is the story?

Wronged by his brother and seeking vengeance, Prospero, the former Duke of Milan lives on a deserted island with his daughter Miranda and their servant Caliban. A talented sorcerer, Prospero's long-held dreams of revenge are finally made reality when his usurping brother sails close to his waters. Conjuring up the tempest of the title, he shipwrecks his brother and his courtiers, beginning a dance of magic, resentment, forgiveness, and enlightenment that evidences Shakespeare's celebrated understanding of humanity and it's many foibles.

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