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Category: London

  • Giacometti at Tate Modern review ****

    Giacometti Tate Modern, 5th July 2017 Alberto Giacometti fitted the bill of the artist perfectly. Day upon day, month upon month, year upon year ploughing the same furrow. To capture the essence of the human form largely through sculpture and occasionally with paint. More than a nod to the representation…

  • British Watercolour Landscapes at the British Museum review ****

    Places of the Mind: British Watercolour Landscapes 1850 to 1950 British Museum, 3rd July 2017 Any right thinking Londoner or visitor thereto knows that time spent in the British Museum (or the V and A for that matter) is never wasted. I have remarked before on the rich run of…

  • The Philanthropist at Trafalgar Studios review *

    The Philanthropist Trafalgar Studios One, 6th July So the Philanthropist has been and gone. A combination of a visit late in the run, the Tourist’s usual dilatoriness and a holiday meant no review until now. Probably just as well. This wasn’t great I have to say. I think I just…

  • Some forthcoming London theatre ideas

    So we have had a few new season announcements over the past few weeks so here is a wrap up of what I think looks interesting in terms of stuff coming up on various London stages. To spare you crawling through all this guff here is my top ten, including…

  • Salome at the National Theatre ***

    Salome National Theatre, 5th July 2017 Salome, much like Common also currently residing on the Olivier stage, has been given a bit of a pasting by the criterati. Not utterly trashed but its obvious flaws have been highlighted. And much like Common I have to say I think the criticism…

  • Gloria at the Hampstead Theatre review ****

    Gloria Hampstead Theatre, 4th July 2017 Right. This might actually be a review of, albeit dubious, utility. There are 3 weeks or so left on the run and there are  a fair few tickets left. And this is a fine piece of theatre with an interesting premise, formal innovation, enough…

  • Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin at the Wigmore Hall review *****

    Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck Wigmore Hall, 29th June 2017 JS Bach – Suite No 2 in A Minor BWV 1067a JS Bach – Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042 JS Bach – Violin Concerto in A Minor BWV 1041 CPE Bach – String Symphony…

  • Common at the National Theatre review ***

    Common National Theatre, 28th June 2017 Is it possible to feel sorry for a play? Common has had some pretty poor reviews from the criterati and the public alike and there are tons of tickets left for the month or so left on the run. Well I can’t pretend it…

  • Monteverdi Vespers at the Barbican Hall review *****

    The Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of the AAM, Robert Howarth, Louise Alder, Rowan Pierce, Thomas Hobbs, Charles Daniels Barbican Hall, 23rd June 2017 It was the Academy of Ancient Music and its choir performing Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers. It was bound to get 5 stars. If you have spent your…

  • Ensemble InterContemporain at the Wigmore Hall review ****

    Ensemble InterContemporain Wigmore Hall, 20th June 2017 Debussy – Premiere rapsodie Bruno Maderna – Viola Messiaen – Le merle noir Philippe Schoeller – Madrigal Luciano Berio – Sequenza 1 Ravel – Violin Sonata Matteo Franceschini – Les Excentriques Ensemble InterContemporain was founded in 1972 by Pierre Boulez and tenures 31…