'The sheer visual beauty of the whole staging is a source of considerable pleasure': MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING " National Theatre ★★★

by Alun Hood

Simon Godwin's new production of Much Ado About Nothing for the National initially seems to be going for the full-on romantic escapism, from the bougainvillea and sun-kissed (Amalfi?) coast of the front curtain to the gorgeous Art Deco-meets-Italianate Palazzo mixture of colour and elegance of Anna Fleischle's hotel setting