Pursued By A Bear

Tonight my new best mate Ethan Hawke and I got together again. Sort of. Well, he was onstage in the second of Sam Mendes's Bridge Project productions, The Winter's Tale (and I wasn't).

The Cherry Orchard was good, but this was absolutely stonking. Everyone was faultless, but the honours have to go to Ethan - who knew he could do funny? This was the only genuinely hilarious Shakespeare I've ever seen.

This production goes on to Madrid, the Ruhr and London. If any of these are near you, pawn your granny and go.