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Category: London

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  Our Lady of Kibeho at the Theatre Royal Stratford East review *****

  Our Lady of Kibeho Theatre Royal Stratford East, 31st October 2019 Old Billers, now set to enjoy retirement as he steps down from his job as chief critic at the Guardian, knows a thing or two about theatre. So, when he identified, with his colleagues, OLOK as one of the…

  December 1, 2019
• Classical Music Concert Culture London Minimalism New York

  The Philip Glass Ensemble at the Barbican Hall review ****

  The Philip Glass Ensemble Barbican Hall, 30th October 2019 Philip Glass – Music With Changing Parts Of course it was a disappointment that PG himself wasn’t up to appearing but the old boy is coming up to 83 years old and was poorly. Hopefully he is better now. Anyway this…

  November 29, 2019
• Acting Culture Education Friendship London Performance Relationship Theatre

  Little Baby Jesus at the Orange Tree Theatre review ****

  Little Baby Jesus Orange Tree Theatre, 28th October 2019 No flies on this. Arinze Kene’s coming of age play which first appeared at the OvalHouse in 2011 is high octane stuff. Which here, under the direction of this year’s winner of the JMK Award, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, and a committed cast…

  November 29, 2019
• Acting Crime Culture Family Fiction Film Literature London Theatre Thriller

  The Lovely Bones at the Rose Theatre Kingston review *****

  The Lovely Bones Rose Theatre Kingston, 26th October 2019 The Lovely Bones, co-produced by Birmingham Rep, Royal and Derngate, Northern Stage and Liverpool Everyman, is just to wrap up its tour in Chichester. If you saw it good on you. If you didn’t then make sure you sign up for…

  November 27, 2019
• Apartheid Culture Jazz London Race South Africa Theatre

  “Master Harold” … and the boys at the National Theatre review *****

  “Master Harold” … and the boys National Theatre Lyttleton, 26th October 2019 I was surprised by this. Not by the content. Athol Fugard, like his compatriot in the plastic arts William Kentridge, has more than enough inspiration to fuel his art from the history of his nation. Master Harold, like…

  November 27, 2019
• Classical Music Contemporary Classical Culture London Myths Opera

  The Mask of Orpheus at the ENO review ****

  The Mask of Orpheus English National Opera, 25th October 2019 No idea where we were in the story for much of the getting on for four hours with with the two intervals. Not helped by Peter Zinovieff’s impenetrable libretto, sung and spoken, the bloated rock star gets lost in early…

  November 27, 2019
• Classical Music Contemporary Classical Culture Finland London Piano

  Thomas Ades and the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall review *****

  London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Adès (conductor), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir Royal Festival Hall, 23rd October 2019 Sibelius – Nightride and Sunrise, Op 55 Thomas Adès – Concerto for piano & orchestra Holst – The Planets, Op 32 An opportunity to break MS into the world of modern/contemporary…

  November 26, 2019
• Class Culture Education Institution London Oxbridge Oxford Politics Power Theatre

  Posh at the Rose Kingston review ****

  Posh Rose Theatre Kingston, 15th October 2019 Another play on the wish list. Not that Laura Wade’s Posh hasn’t had regular outing since it first appeared at the Royal Court in 2010. And, memorably it was made into a film The Riot Club, in 2014 directed by Danish director Lone…

  November 21, 2019
• Culture Economics History Institution London Politics Privatisation Theatre Transport UK

  The Permanent Way at The Vaults review *****

  The Permanent Way The Vaults, 13th October 2019 I have to hand it Debbie Hicks and Alexander Lass, producer and director of The Permanent Way. Whilst David Hare’s 2003 verbatim dissection of the Tory rail privatisation in the 1990s, and the four fatal disasters which followed, is an undeniably powerful…

  November 19, 2019
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  Blood Wedding at the Young Vic review ****

  Blood Wedding Young Vic, 11th October 2019 I got a bit nervous going into this. For those who don’t know, South African director Yael Farber has a certain style, an aesthetic, and approach to interpretation of classic plays, which isn’t too everyone’s taste. For me it works. Mies Julie, Knives…

  November 19, 2019