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Category: London

  • Some forthcoming classical music concert ideas (with a bit of nostalgia thrown in)

    Some recommendations – but read the caveats below So in this post I have tried to draw out some highlights (for me) of the forthcoming classical music seasons at the major London venues. Remember this blog is for the curious – all you experts out there are permitted to snigger…

  • My Brilliant Friend at the Rose Theatre Kingston review ****

    My Brilliant Friend Parts 1 and 2 Rose Theatre Kingston, 27th February and 17th March 2017 I had not read the quartet of Elena Ferrante novels coming in to this (though I mean to put this right now). However, as this is a Guardian readers’ and various novelists’ favourite and…

  • Grounded at the Gate Theatre review ****

    Grounded Gate Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, 15th March 2017 Given that Grounded is now into its third run at the Gate and that is has had critical acclaim heaped upon it the last thing it needs is this chump adding to the sound and fury. But it seems I am…

  • Russian Art at the Royal Academy review ****

    Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932 Royal Academy of Arts of Arts, 15th March 2017 Right short and sweet I think here. This was fascinating. But maybe less for the art itself and more for the insight into Soviet history. I only had a vague sense of the events that marked the…

  • Bryars and Reich, LPO at the RFH review ****

    London Philharmonic Orchestra, Synergy Vocals, Sound Intermedia Royal Festival Hall, 15th March 2017 Now it is a racing certainty that you will be familiar one way or another with the great minimalist composers of the second half of the C20 even if you don’t know it. The sound is ubiquitous…

  • Travesties at the Apollo Theatre review ****

    Travesties Apollo Theatre, 13th March 2017 Right then. I clearly have to up my game. The more theatre I see the better I am at appreciating, understanding and enjoying. This is particularly the case with the great playwrights. With Will Shakespeare given a half decent director and cast I can…

  • Pollini at the RFH review *****

    Maurizio Pollini Royal Festival Hall, 14th March 2017 Now I am afraid I don’t know much about classical music but I am learning. I can’t read music or play to save my life. There are vast chunks of the classical music canon that I don’t get on with. I have…

  • Some forthcoming theatre ideas

    Some forthcoming theatre ideas

    So here are some ideas of stuff that is on now that I have enjoyed and some stuff that is coming up that I think will be tip-top for various reasons. Sorry it is a bit random as I have only just got going on this so we are sort…

  • Why I am doing this

    An apology for cluttering up the Internet with inanties