Romeo and Juliet

“Here’s one from the RSC. Erica Whyman’s production is young, vibrant and focussed on knife crime. Whyman’s revival makes you feel something is genuinely at stake: young people’s lives. It gives it real urgency. At its best this is lethally sharp, particularly in its exploration of identity. It also boasts a killer performance from Charlotte Josephine’s as Mercutio , a young woman testing herself and who she can be amidst a posse of young men. Josephine’s performance has a thrilling directness, and she owns the language utilising her natural working-class London accent to brilliant effect.”