Visuals, music & dialogue unparallelled ...

Rating: 9/10 (23 August 2015)

An excellent production of the play, it captures the energy and frustration of its mostly young protagonists and is visually and musically stunning as others have observed. The original dialogue is slotted into the modern context with skill and humour and the characters of Mercutio & Tybalt are especially well wrought.
== spoiler ==
What disappoints me is the unnecessary lack of cohesion. When the prince says in conclusion that "all are punished" we don't understand that the slain Mercutio is his kinsman, as is Paris (whom Romeo kills at the tomb in the text), nor do we get the subtleties of the timing & messaging cock-ups to do with Juliet's arranged marriage and her 'suicide'.