Three-time Tony winner Mark Rylance is returning to the West End—next stop Broadway? Claire van Kampen’s new play Farinelli and the King, which is currently running at the Sam Wa…
According to the Daily Mail, Mark Rylance is bringing FARINELLI AND THE KING, which ends its run at Shakespeare's Globe this weekend, to the West End. The production will begin at the Duke o…
Since William Congreve wrote that "music hath charm to soothe a savage breast," people have assumed he was right. The composer Claire van Kampen has decided to demonstrate its tru…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe healing power of music is made real in Clare van Kampen's irresistibly genial play about the great 18th-century castratoThere is an irresistible geniality …
Mark Rylance and Melody Grove sparkle as the royal couple in this story of the curative power of music. Farinelli and the King is a historical drama, housed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse wh…
The London stage is seeing a triptych of powerful performances with Mark Rylance in "Farinelli," Ian Gelder in "Gods and Monsters" and Maxine Peake in "How to Hold Your Breath."
Farinelli and the King is a delicious 18th century confection of words and music that provides a perfect vehicle for Mark Rylance's first appearance on the candlelit stage of the Sam Wanamak…
Long before he became a major international stage actor with three Tony Awards under his belt, Mark Rylance used to run Shakespeare's Globe. No surprise that he should be keen to try out its…
Mark Rylance's many triumphs at Shakespeare's Globe are legendary. Now, just as a wider television audience is waking up to his genius through Wolf Hall, he makes his acting debut at the the…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London: This production has moments that are utterly transporting: the combination of the human voice at its most dizzyingly pristine and the glitter of candlelight …
MONARCHY, MADNESS, MUSIC Philip of Spain, grandson of Louise XIV and captive of 18c monarchic rigidity, is lying on his bed , fishing in a goldfish-bowl and announcing that it is all a dream…
Farinelli and The King is pretty much a perfect piece of theatre. More importantly, though, it's perfectly timed. In a month when English National Opera's troubles have made the front page, …
