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Category: Culture

• Capitalism Community Culture Economics Industry London Politics Theatre USA

  Sweat at the Donmar Warehouse review *****

  Sweat Donmar Warehouse, 24th January 2019 Who is the greatest living playwright (in the English language). Caryl Churchill. Obviously. Who is, in the opinion of the Tourist, probably the most talented playwright under 40 in Britain today. Ella Hickson. What was the best original play the Tourist saw last year.…

  February 15, 2019
• Culture London Theatre

  The best theatre coming up in London

  It’s been a little while since the Tourist set out his favourite theatre opportunities either on now (in the case of Nine Night), or coming up over the year in London. Nothing too obscure or fringe-y here. Tried and trusted in terms of writer, director, cast and/or venue. The first…

  February 14, 2019
• Culture London Theatre War

  The Unreturning at Theatre Royal Stratford East review *****

  The Unreturning Theatre Royal Stratford East, 24th January 2019 Denizens of Leicester, Swansea and Oxford. Consider yourself lucky. There is still time for you to catch the tour of Frantic Assembly’s The Unreturning which has already travelled to Plymouth, (the Theatre Royal who cannily commissioned it), Southampton, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham…

  February 12, 2019
• Culture London Politics Theatre

  I’m Not Running at the National Theatre review ***

  I’m Not Running National Theatre Lyttleton, 22nd January 2019 If you have a moment one day take a look at the writing credits of David Hare, both for stage and screen. There are a lot, including some of the finest dramas written in the English language over the past four…

  February 12, 2019
• Biography Comedy Culture Film Friendship London

  Stan and Ollie film review ****

  Stan and Ollie, 22nd January 2019 For the avoidance of doubt the two fellas above are not Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, the stars of film Stan and Ollie, nor indeed are they yer actual Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. No this, obviously is a statue of the comedy…

  February 7, 2019
• Culture Education Family London Power Theatre

  The Cane at the Royal Court Theatre review ***

  The Cane Royal Court Theatre, 21st January 2019 Somehow, until now, the Tourist has failed to see any of the work of Mark Ravenhill, either as writer, performer or director, or even his columns in the Guardian, surprising given the Tourist’s status as a paid up Guardianista. There was a…

  February 6, 2019
• Comedy Culture London Love Memory Theatre

  Keep: Daniel Kitson at Battersea Arts Centre review *****

  Keep, Daniel Kitson Battersea Arts Centre, 20th January 2019 Beckett, Pinter, Stoppard, Kitson. I know, I know. He is only a stand-up comedian. So comparing him to these master explorers of the absurdity of the human condition is, to say the least, stretching it a bit. However, as those of…

  February 4, 2019
• Concert Contemporary Classical Culture Gigs History Industry London Minimalism Oratorio Pop/Rock/Indie Technology USA

  Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields at King’s Place review *****

  Bang on a Can All Stars, BBC Singers, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) Kings Place Hall One, 19th January 2019 I had heard a few snippets of Julia Wolfe’s compositions but freely admit this was a bit of a leap into the unknown. Still what I had heard seemed interesting, I was keen…

  January 29, 2019
• Culture London Politics Power Theatre

  Pinter at Pinter 6 review *****

  Pinter at Pinter Six: Party Time and Celebration Harold Pinter Theatre, 17th January 2019 This for me was the best off the bunch so far in the Pinter at Pinter one act play season. And proof that Jamie Lloyd is the Man when it comes to directing the menacing Master.…

  January 28, 2019
• Concert Concerto Contemporary Classical Culture London

  SoundState Festival: LPO at the Royal Festival Hall review ***

  London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor), Stewart McIlwham (piccolo), Colin Currie (percussion) Royal Festival Hall, 16th January 2019 Arne Gieshoff – Burr Anders Hillborg – Sound Atlas Erkki-Sven Tuur – Piccolo Concerto (Solastalgia) Louis Andriessen – Agamemnon Helen Grime – Percussion Concerto It is amazing what a little bit of…

  January 26, 2019