Month: October 2018
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The League of Gentlemen Live Again! at the O2 Arena review ****
The League of Gentlemen Live Again! O2 Arena London, 23rd September 2018 The Tourist really dislikes the O2 Arena. Awful sound, brutal lighting, terrible sightlines, cavernous, uncomfortable seats, no water, sh*te loos. Pretty much pointless choosing to “see” anything there. Still sometimes, as here, you have no choice. And this,…
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Touching the Void at Bristol Old Vic review *****
Touching the Void Bristol Old Vic, 22nd September 2018 The Tourist had a terrific visit to Bristol recently. Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’s marvellous Henry V (Henry V at the Tobacco Factory Bristol review *****), the Georgian House, another fine cathedral ticked off, an accidental preview of the refurbished space…
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Latest London theatre recommendations October 2018
There have been a few new seasons announced in luvvie-world so I thought I would let you know what might be interesting. Remember dear reader I have no axes to grind or mates to support so no biases here. I simply have nothing better to do. So my economic inactivity…
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The Fishermen at the Arcola Theatre review ****
The Fishermen Arcola Theatre, 20th September 2018 Good to see the Arcola downstairs space filled to bursting for Gbolahan Obiesesan’s adaptation of Chigozie Obioma’s 2015 novel, a rapid transfer after a successful run in Edinburgh and then Manchester. Pretty clear that everyone in the audience was wowed by what they…
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Aristocrats at the Donmar Warehouse review ****
Aristocrats Donmar Warehouse, 20th September 2018 Brian Friel, like his own dramatist hero Chekhov, can take a bit of time to get going. Faith Healer, at this theatre a couple of years ago, exerted a vice like grip on me from the open, though that may have been because it…
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