Review: Playing Shakespeare with Deutshe Bank's Romeo and Juliet

When we visited the Globe Theatre to see Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank: Romeo and Juliet, we were thrown back in time waiting with anticipation for conflict, humour and love to unfold on stage. The replica theatre added to the unique charm of the whole experience.

In this 90-minute production, we saw how the traditional story of Romeo and Juliet had been modernised while keeping Shakespeare's original text. The actors were adorned in contemporary clothing, brandishing mobile phones, and spinning on BMX bikes as they became entangled in London's gang culture; an image we see regularly on our news screens. The modernisation of Romeo and Juliet surprised me: it gave a new perspective on the play while also displaying deeper messages behind the performance.