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Month: March 2018

  • The Birthday Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre review ****

    The Birthday Party Harold Pinter Theatre, 21st March 2018 Look into his eyes. look right into his eyes. Old Harold Pinter didn’t seem that menacing did he? But, as you well know, he created a whole genre of “comedy” presenting the violent and sinister which lurks below the everyday and…

  • SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart at Cadogan Hall review ****

    SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Sir Roger Norrington, Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Cadogan Hall, 16th March 2018 Ludwig van Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op 43 Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 Symphony No 3 in E flat major “Eroica”, Op 55 I guess the fashion for all…

  • Hamlet at the Hackney Empire review ****

    Hamlet Hackney Empire, 19th March 2018 Working on the premise that it surely is impossible to see Hamlet too often in a lifetime, and keen to make sure the RSC continues to bring as many productions as possible to London, I signed up some time ago for this gig. This…

  • Lord of the Flies at Greenwich Theatre review ****

    Lord of the Flies Greenwich Theatre, 17th March 2018 The second instalment in the Lazarus Theatre Company residency at the Greenwich Theatre and another cracker after their superb Edward II (Edward II at Greenwich Theatre review ****) On the basis of these two the final production of A Midsummer Night’s…

  • All Too Human at Tate Britain review *****

    All Too Human: Bacon. Freud and a Century of Painting Life Tate Britain, 15th March 2018 I love paint. I love painting. I love paintings of people. I love Britain (though I appreciate that is a loaded statement). I love London. I love paintings of London. So, surprise, surprise, I…

  • A (flawed) guide to London theatres

    When I was a young teenager I took to making up some very odd games. I wasn’t lonely, with a handful of very good friends as I remember, and my very earliest encounters with the ladies were amongst my most successful, since my true nature, an awkward mix of the…

  • Summer and Smoke at the Almeida Theatre review ****

    Summer and Smoke Almeida Theatre, 14th March 2018 I don’t always find it easy to get into the “Tennessee Williams zone”. My head takes a little bit of time to adjust to all that dreamy lyricism and I find it easier to stomach if there is something to cling on…

  • Girls and Boys at the Royal Court review *****

    Girls and Boys The Royal Court Theatre, 12th March 2018 Flippin’eck. That Carey Mulligan can act. I had a fair idea from her turns on the telly and in films. She has an unerring knack of choosing roles in dramas that appeal to myself, the SO, and often both of…

  • Network at the National Theatre review *****

    Network National Theatre Lyttleton, 9th March 2018 Right then. Finally got to see Network. Booked early but this was the first date that BUD, KCK and the Blonde Bombshells could collectively make. A bit nervous because the last time we wheeled the Bombshells out to an Ivo van Hove entertainment…

  • Frozen at the Theatre Royal Haymarket review ****

    Frozen Theatre Royal Haymarket, 8th March 2018 I see the Theatre Royal Haymarket is up for sale. Or rather a 70 year odd lease from the Crown Estate, a pernickety landlord, but one who has preserved the beautiful Nash terraces around Regents Park, and is slowing upgrading the built environment…