Sigourney Weaver makes West End debut in Jamie Lloyd’s production of The Tempest – review
The last major opening in London of 2024 has arrived with considerable fanfare, and it’s easy to see why there’s so much hype.
The latest in a series of West End outings for the Jamie Lloyd Company, following on from Romeo & Juliet (starring Tom Holland) earlier this year and Sunset Blvd (starring Nicole Scherzinger) last winter, Shakespeare’s The Tempest has just opened at the cavernous Theatre Royal Drury Lane starring Sigourney Weaver, who is making her West End debut.
So does it live up to the hype? Being honest we were somewhat underwhelmed, but we shall start with some positives: Jamie Lloyd’s minimalist staging (we’ve come to expect this from him) is effective here.
The action unfolds on a dystopian sci-fi set, an expansive, derelict wasteland, which feels like it could go on forever thanks to the sizeable stage of this particular theatre.
