Category: Theatre
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The Cane at the Royal Court Theatre review ***
The Cane Royal Court Theatre, 21st January 2019 Somehow, until now, the Tourist has failed to see any of the work of Mark Ravenhill, either as writer, performer or director, or even his columns in the Guardian, surprising given the Tourist’s status as a paid up Guardianista. There was a…
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Keep: Daniel Kitson at Battersea Arts Centre review *****
Keep, Daniel Kitson Battersea Arts Centre, 20th January 2019 Beckett, Pinter, Stoppard, Kitson. I know, I know. He is only a stand-up comedian. So comparing him to these master explorers of the absurdity of the human condition is, to say the least, stretching it a bit. However, as those of…
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Pinter at Pinter 6 review *****
Pinter at Pinter Six: Party Time and Celebration Harold Pinter Theatre, 17th January 2019 This for me was the best off the bunch so far in the Pinter at Pinter one act play season. And proof that Jamie Lloyd is the Man when it comes to directing the menacing Master.…
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Approaching Empty at the Kiln Theatre review ***
Approaching Empty Kiln Theatre, 16th January 2019 An overly optimistic faith, despite a welter of evidence to the contrary, in the combined efforts of South Western Railway and Network Rail’s ability to convey passengers to the stated destination on time meant that the Tourist pitched up late for this showing.…
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Uncle Vanya at the Hampstead Theatre review ****
Uncle Vanya Hampstead Theatre, 12th January 2019 Should you be tempted to follow the Tourist into a life of excess …. theatre-going … then I have a warning. These luvvies do put on a lot of Shakespeare. No surprise there I guess. But they also really, really love their Chekhov.…
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True West at the Vaudeville Theatre review ****
True West Vaudeville Theatre, 10th January 2019 The Tourist’s first viewing of a Sam Shepherd play. A couple of near misses, but this, with Matthew Dunster directing and Johnny Flynn as one of the two brothers was not to be missed. I was less sure about the acting merits of…
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The Tragedy of King Richard the Second at the Almeida Theatre review ****
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second Almeida Theatre, 9th January 2019 Vain, frivolous, self pitying, introverted. Richard II doesn’t come across too well at the beginning of this play, Shakespeare’s first instalment of his histories that chart the origins of the “War of the Roses” and end with the…
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The Double Dealer at the Orange Tree review ****
The Double Dealer Orange Tree Theatre, 7th January 2019 Now everyone know’s that Restoration comedy is a tricky customer. What with the humour built on misogyny, that’s if it is funny at all. The satire of a social class few of us recognise. Texts are so thick, built on repartee,…
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Don Quixote at the Garrick Theatre review ****
Don Quixote Garrick Theatre, 2nd January 2019 Finally the Tourist gets to see this. Took a chance that it would, after the mostly strong reviews, eventually find a home in London, and waited for the run to settle in to secure a fairly priced ticket. If you are of a…
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