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Category: London

• Culture London Theatre

  Killology at the Royal Court Theatre review ****

  Killology Royal Court Theatre, 8th June 2017 There are a few plays every year where I kick myself that I missed them. Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Stott from 2015 was definitely one of them. So I was determined to see Killology (pre-reviews) even though I wasn’t entirely persuaded by the…

  June 12, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Mahan Esfahani at the Wigmore Hall review ****

  Mahan Esfahani Wigmore Hall, 5th June 2017 Thomas Tomkins – Pavane in A Minor Giles Farnaby – Woody-Cock Henry Cowell – Set of Four WF Bach – Sonata E Flat Major Steve Reich (arr Esfahani) – Piano Phase The harpsichord is certainly not my favourite instrument. (Electric guitar since you…

  June 10, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at the Barbican Hall *****

  Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Ades Barbican Hall, 6th June 2017 Gerard Barry – Chevaux-de-frise Beethoven – Symphony No 3 in E Flat Major. Op 55 “Eroica” That Beethoven eh. Too busy being a genius to get a decent haircut. Another reason why he is my sort of bloke. I have raved…

  June 8, 2017
• Culture London Theatre

  The Island at the Southwark Playhouse review ****

  The Island Southwark Playhouse, 5th June 2017 The Island was written by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona, whose other major work is Sizwe Bansi is Dead, and first performed, illegally, by the writers to an integrated audience in Cape Town in 1973. It was devised and rehearsed in…

  June 6, 2017
• art Culture London

  Vanessa Bell exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery review ***

  Vanessa Bell 1879-1941 Dulwich Picture Gallery, 3rd June 2017 Sun shining. Dulwich Park at play. Bit of a picnic then off to the Vanessa Bell retrospective with SO, BUD and KCK. This is London. It won’t go away. Dulwich PG does a fine job in bringing together thoughtfully curated exhibitions…

  June 6, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at the Barbican Hall *****

  Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Ades, Mark Stone Barbican Hall, 2nd June 2017 Gerard Barry – Beethoven Beethoven – Symphony No 1 in C Major, Op 21 Beethoven – Symphony No 2 in D, Op 36 After the chamber concert earlier in the week reviewed here – Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at…

  June 4, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Richard Goode at the Royal Festival Hall review ****

  Richard Goode Royal Festival Hall, 31st May 2017 JS Bach – Partita No 6 BWV 830 Chopin – Nocturne Op 62/1 Chopin – Mazurka Op 41/3 Chopin – Mazurka Op 41/4 Chopin – Mazurka – Op 50/3 Chopin – Polonaise-Fantasie Op 61 Beethoven – Sonata No 28 Op 101 Beethoven…

  June 4, 2017
• Classical Music Culture London

  Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at Milton Court review *****

  Thomas Ades, Gerald Barry, Britten Sinfonia Milton Court Concert Hall, 30th May 2017 Beethoven – Septet in E Flat Major Op 20 Gerald Barry – Five Chorales from the Intelligence Park Beethoven – Piano Trio in E Flat Op 70/2 I’m guessing that composer heaven is a miserable place. All…

  June 3, 2017
• Culture London Theatre

  The Treatment at the Almeida Theatre review ***

  The Treatment Almeida Theatre, 24th May 2017 I didn’t really get on with this. The premise is interesting, the acting was accomplished (all the leads were new to me) and there were ideas to ponder upon, but I just didn’t find it that involving, either emotionally or intellectually. I had…

  June 1, 2017
• Culture London Theatre

  The Goat, or Who is Sylvia at the Theatre Royal Haymarket review *****

  The Goat, or Who is Sylvia Theatre Royal Haymarket, 25th May 2017 I love the theatre. It wasn’t always so. Until relatively recently I confess I didn’t have the time or, more importantly, the patience to really grasp what it was all about. Yes I would see a few plays,…

  May 31, 2017