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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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london Archive
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour returns to the National in 2010
Posted on July 29, 2009 | No CommentsEGBDF The superb Stoppard/Previn collaboration Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is slated to return to the National in 2010. The 2009 production, directed by Felix “Punchdrunk” Barrett, combined acting, music and dance in an utterly compelling and convincing way, and was one of the highlights... -
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... -
Review – Madam Butterfly, English National Opera
Posted on June 28, 2009 | No CommentsSo, off to the Coliseum to brave baking June temperatures and programmes full of private school adverts, all in the name of Puccini. This production is the first London revival of the famous 2005 production by Anthony Minghella, and the work has lost little since... -
Review – The Observer, National Theatre
Posted on May 21, 2009 | 3 CommentsFriends and family night at the Cottesloe. Richard Eyre in the house. The cast of Gethsemene ensconced up in the balcony (I didn’t introduce myself). I think I even spotted Jancis Robinson sipping a cup of water (not entirely surprising given the wine they serve... -
Review – Stovepipe, HighTide/Bush/NT
Posted on March 24, 2009 | 1 CommentTime has not been kind to the West 12 shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush. With the brand new £1.6bn Westfield Shopping Epicentre across the road, West 12 is left as home to Argos, Morrisons, JD Sports and Wetherspoons . And, as of a few weeks... -
Review – Dr Atomic, English National Opera
Posted on March 15, 2009 | No CommentsI was unlucky enough to catch Dr Atomic at the ENO in the final week of its run. Because it is absolutely stupendous, the sort of show that usually generates an all-points alert by text message insisting ‘you HAVE to see this, incredible, unbelievable, beg,... -
New season at the National
Posted on March 2, 2009 | No CommentsTed Hughes’ translation of Racine’s Phedre with Helen Mirren is the headline show and absolutely bound to sell out. Almost in anticipation of this, this is the prototype for the new NT Live programme: following on from the Met in New York and then the... -
Book now
Posted on February 28, 2009 | No CommentsMark “Shopping and Fucking” Ravenhill’s latest, Over There, opens at the Royal Court on 2 March. Short run so book soon at the RC website. Youngsters can get £6 tickets – ten per performance, two per booking.< Also at Sloane Square, David Hare’s latest Wall...
