The Isle is Full of Noises – review

Wilton's Music Hall, LondonThis two-man puppet show, based on The Tempest and set to music composed and played by Franz Ferdinand's guitarist Nick McCarthy, isn't just fun. It's also an attempt to bring Shakespeare to a wider audience: people like me, pop fans, who don't know their Prospero from their Trinculo.The puppeteer is Philipp Pleßmann, who grew up with McCarthy in Bavaria and treats him as the straight man throughout the unexpectedly comic proceedings. "Nick!" he snaps frequently, wond...

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