Venus & Adonis review – Simon Russell Beale narrates cheeky tale of puppet passion

The Pit, Barbican, London Greg Doran directs Shakespeare’s timeless poem of seduction, told with Lyndie Wright’s gorgeous, masterfully manoeuvred miniatures Love comes with strings attached in Greg Doran’s tragic romance. First performed 22 years ago , this enchanting production of Shakespeare’s great poem of unrequited love is now tenderly narrated by Simon Russell Beale. With masterful puppetry and a playful air of seduction, there’s no wonder this conjuring of Venus’s pursuit of the handsome Adonis has had so many lives. Like love – and heartbreak – its magic is timeless. No breath is waste

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