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Review of Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet

On the 12 th July me and my best friend Amy went to watch Kenneth Branagh’s take on Romeo and Juliet at the Garrick Theatre in London. Anyone who knows me knows how excited of I have been to see this play and we had both waited 6 months to see this. There is a plethora of famous names in this notably Branagh reuniting his Cinderella couple of Lily James and Richard Madden as the star crossed lovers. Additionally, another Cinderella actor of Derek Jacobi undertaking the role of Mercutio and actress Meera Syal playing the Nurse. Unfortunately, due to injury Richard Madden did not perform which I have to admit was disappointing but as they say the show must go on, which it did amazingly well we were both in awe of the standard of acting we saw. The play is set in 1950s Verona and is very La Dolce Vita in style, however the traditional Shakespeare language is used and there is also a lot of added Italian in there which worked so well. The staging was phenomenal yet ve...

June Review and Favourites

Hey Guys Today I'm going to talk about how the month of June went for me it was rather busy and hectic but thoroughly enjoyable at the same time. So this month I went to London then I went glamping in Chepstow with my boyfriend and some friends then I went to the Glee Club in Birmingham for a Comedy Night for a friend's birthday. Additionally, me and my boyfriend have a booked trip to Disneyland Paris for next February-March for my birthday, this will be my first time ever going to Disney which is an absolute dream come true. FILM: This month I watched one film in the cinema which was Alice Through The Looking Glass which I thoroughly enjoyed and thought had a lovely message about time. I also did see the first one before I saw this one and enjoyed that as well. I'd give them both a 4/5 stars, not my favourite but I still really enjoyed them nonetheless. BOOKS: I read three books this month which were The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan, Always with Love by Giov...