Category: London
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A Taste of Honey at Richmond Theatre review ***
A Taste Of Honey Richmond Theatre, 9th October 2019 Not quite sure I know how a production such as this is taken under the wing of the National Theatre, and let’s face it it’s none of my business anyway. But I do think I can work out why this particular…
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Valued Friends at the Rose Theatre Kingston ***
Valued Friends Rose Theatre Kingston, 8th October 2019 I am all for revivals of modern plays that have something to say to us right now. Assuming the play was good enough in the first place. And that the director and creative team have a clear idea of how they craft…
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Faith, Hope and Charity at the National Theatre review ****
Faith, Hope and Charity National Theatre Dorfman, 8th October 2019 I didn’t catch the first two plays in Alexander Zeldin’s trilogy, Beyond Caring (zero hours contracts) and Love (a homeless hostel), about life for the disadvantaged in modern Britain. In fact worse that that I didn’t even know about them.…
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Seraglio at the Hackney Empire review ****
Seraglio Hackney Empire, 4th October 2019 Or to give it its full name Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail or The Abduction from the Seraglio. Here though Seraglio, not just to reflect the fact that this English Touring Opera production is sung, (and spoken), in English following a colloquial translation by…
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 