Much Ado about Nothing Reviews

After the tepid review from the Evening Standard today, I found 2 more great reviews this evening.

The first from Whats On Stage by Michael Coveney who said

But of course Much Ado stands or falls by its Beatrice and Benedick, and here the RSC has come up trumps by importing the delightful Tamsin Greig from The Green Wing on television and matching her with Joseph Millson, a notably handsome rising star in the company. When Greig’s Beatrice brutally commands Millson to come into dinner through a megaphone, he will not be put off his self-deceiving conclusions: “There’s a double meaning in that.” All the big laughs are in place.

Those central duping scenes have to be done with freshness and spirit beyond hitting the right notes. Millson plays his to perfection, while Greig, “running like a lapwing” across the front of the stalls, sets off a motorbike horn, scrabbles about beneath a bench and finally stands dumbstruck at evidence of Benedick’s devotion. She is absolutely hilarious, and both she and Millson are sexy, attractive beasts at the onset of early middle age, adding poignancy to their denials of being in love.

And from The London Theatre Guide by Kathryn Merritt

The humorous sniping and brutally witty one-upmanship between Benedick and Beatrice is enacted with impeccable comic timing by Greig and Millson.....With a strong cast and such spicy dialogue and music, Much Ado About Nothing makes for a very seductive evening out.