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Category: Culture

• Culture Feminism History London Sport Theatre

  The Sweet Science of Bruising at the Southwark Playhouse review ****

  The Sweet Science of Bruising Southwark Playhouse, 16th October 2018 Now that MS, BD and LD have turned into exemplars of their youthful generation, (I am their Dad so may be biased), we no longer watch Doctor Who. However with Malorie Blackman, Ed Hime, Pete McTighe and Vinay Patel (An Adventure…

  October 23, 2018
• Colonialism Comedy Culture Literature London Theatre

  A Very, Very, Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre review ****

  A Very, Very, Very Dark Matter Bridge Theatre, 13th October 2018 OK then. All of you fans of densely-plotted, cerebral, potty-mouthed, fairy-tale, political, splatter, revenge, comedy fantasies. Your ship has come in. I have a strong feeling that Martin McDonagh’s new play at the Bridge will, in years to come,…

  October 23, 2018
• Baroque Classical Music Classics Culture Early Music London Opera Renaissance

  English Touring Opera at the Hackney Empire review ****

  English Touring Opera Hackney Empire, 12th October 2018 Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Carissimi – Jonas Gesualdo – I Will Not Speak I am partial to English Touring Opera’s productions. The repertoire tends to be up my street, with a bias to smaller, chamber and Baroque works, reflecting resources and…

  October 22, 2018
• Comedy Culture Sexuality Theatre

  Cock at the Minerva Theatre review ****

  Cock Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 10th October 2018 Another addition to my collection of Mike Bartlett plays. I have professed my admiration for his work on numerous occasions on these pages. You see he just writes gripping drama. Hyper-real, sometimes going a bit over the top, but that is what you…

  October 19, 2018
• Culture Feminism London Shakespeare Theatre

  OthelloMacbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith review ***

  OthelloMacbeth Lyric Hammersmith, 8th October 2018 OK so this has its moments. By splicing together Othello and Macbeth, excising out extraneous context, sub-plot and characters, director Jude Christian has largely succeeded in achieving what she set out to do. That is to recast the two famous tragedies from the perspective…

  October 18, 2018
• Culture Germany London Norway Theatre

  Peer Gynt at the Arcola Theatre review ***

  Peer Gynt Arcola Theatre, 5th October 2018 I have never seen Ibsen’s Peer Gynt before. In retrospect a minimalist two hander, a “daring realisation”, by “internationally acclaimed” German company Theater an der Ruhr, might have been a somewhat challenging place to start. Still what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,…

  October 17, 2018
• Culture London Politics Theatre

  The Jungle at the Playhouse Theatre review *****

  The Jungle Playhouse Theatre, 4th October 2018 So this was my second attempt to see The Jungle. I had to bail out of the first halfway through as my back wasn’t up to squatting on the floor of the Young Vic. This is not a complaint. Given the subject it…

  October 17, 2018
• Culture Feminism London Theatre

  The Malady of Death at the Barbican Theatre review ***

  The Malady of Death Barbican Theatre, 3rd October 2018 I took a bit of persuading (of myself, by myself, this was never going to be an easy sell to any of the usual companions) to pitch up to this. No doubting the pedigree of the creative team. Alice Birch, (Lady…

  October 16, 2018
• Culture London Theatre USA

  The Humans at the Hampstead Theatre review ****

  The Humans Hampstead Theatre Main Stage, 3rd October 2018 Sometimes it can feel like the whole history of US theatrical drama is one long story of family dysfunctionality. Mind you you can see why. When it works, Miller, O’Neill, Williams, Albee, Shepherd, Wilson, Kushner, to name a few, it is…

  October 15, 2018
• Classical Music Concert Culture Education London Nature Science

  Holst’s The Planets: BBCSO at the Barbican review ****

  BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus (women’s voices), Professor Brian Cox, Ben Gernon Barbican Hall, 29th September 2018 I wasn’t quite sure of what the format would be for this performance of Holst’s The Planets. Maybe a quick intro from our most famous and telegenic physicist, then a work-out for…

  October 13, 2018