‘Romeo & Juliet’ West End Review: Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe Lead an Angsty, Time-Bending Adaptation That Builds to a Real Gut-Punch

By Ellise Shafer

Ellise Shafer

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In Robert Icke’s take on William Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” the play’s star-crossed lovers — played here by “Hamnet” breakout Noah Jupe and “Stranger Things” star Sadie Sink — are running against the clock.

Literally. The show’s set, designed by Hildegard Bechtler, centers around a panel which features — in bright, yellow lettering — the day and time, taking the audience from Sunday morning to Wednesday evening, when Romeo and Juliet take their final breaths. It’s a stark reminder of the rapid pace at which the tragedy unfolds, and it’s been done before, including in Icke’s recent adaptation of “Oedipus.” But this time Icke pushes this device even further to pose a daring question: What if it didn’t have to end this way?

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