Featured Stories
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Review – Hamlet, Young Vic
27 November 2011 3:35 PM | No CommentsMichael Sheen. Not Martin Sheen.
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Review – Comedy of Errors, National Theatre
27 November 2011 2:15 PM | 1 CommentA couple of years ago the idea of Lenny Henry as a Shakespearean actor was a joke. No longer.
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Review – Othello, Sheffield Crucible
22 October 2011 9:50 AM | 4 CommentsA guest blog (guest blog!)
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Review – Simon Callow in Tuesdays at Tescos, Assembly Hall
20 August 2011 9:28 AM | 1 CommentWhat an embarrassing title. I'm embarrassed by it, and I'm not even Simon Callow. ★★
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Review – The Wheel, Traverse Theatre
14 August 2011 10:05 PM | No CommentsInteresting and technically excellent, but lacking in characters to care about. ★★★
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barbican Archive
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Review – Black Watch, Barbican Theatre
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 1 CommentWas it completely brilliant? Heart stopping? Six stars? Flawless? Unfortunately not. -
Good week / Bad week
Posted on September 17, 2010 | 2 CommentsAnd the winners are... Royal Opera House, Young Vic and Barbican. Nil points for The Netherlands and National Theatre. -
Barbican Autumn/Winter season
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsSo it turns out The Barbican have a great season coming up and nobody thought to tell me. Hrmph. -
Review – Macbeth, Cheek by Jowl/Barbican
Posted on March 21, 2010 | 5 CommentsIf you were dropped into the Barbican’s new Macbeth, you’d instantly know it was by Cheek by Jowl. Judith Greenwood’s inventive and flowing lighting design, which has become a hall-mark of this company in recent years, would be the first give away. But you’d also... -
Bite09 at the Barbican
Posted on July 12, 2009 | No CommentsThe new season at the Barbican looks very, very exciting indeed. Quite serious. And certainly not for the faint hearted. Probably best to avoid for first dates. Roman Tragedies Most exciting for my money is Roman Tragedies, a six hour canter through Coriolanus, Julius Caesar...
