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Category: Theatre

• Culture London Shakespeare Theatre

  The Two Noble Kinsman at the Globe Theatre review ****

  The Two Noble Kinsman Globe Theatre, 12th June 2018 I am not too keen on the Globe. Actually that is putting it mildly. I really don’t like it. For the simple reason that it is so bloody uncomfortable. I know that is the point. Sam Wanamaker’s vision of a re-creation…

  June 27, 2018
• Culture London Theatre

  Julie at the National Theatre review ***

  Julie National Theatre Lyttleton, 9th June 2018 I am not sure if I like Strindberg’s play Miss Julie. The programme notes for this adaptation of the story by Polly Stenham explicitly deals with Strindberg’s rampant misogyny and class hatred. Whilst setting, plot and, to a certain extent, the bare bones…

  June 19, 2018
• Culture London Opera Theatre

  The Moderate Soprano at the Duke of York’s Theatre review ****

  The Moderate Soprano Duke of York’s Theatre, 7th June 1018 There are a couple of weeks to go in the run of David Hare’s The Moderate Soprano at the Duke of York’s Theatre. There are plenty of (discounted) tickets left. You could do a lot worse than seeing this if…

  June 19, 2018
• Culture History London Theatre

  Translations at the National Theatre review ****

  Translations National Theatre Olivier, 6th June 2018 At the end of the day it is all about the words. That’s theatre. The power of language. Which is exactly what Brian Friel’s play is all about. A modern classic, first seen in 1980, in Derry (with Stephen Rea, Liam Neeson and…

  June 18, 2018
• Culture London Theatre

  Quiz at the Noel Coward Theatre review *****

  Quiz Noel Coward Theatre, 2nd June 2018 Your starter for ten. (I know I am mixing up my quiz show formats). Why where there empty seats at the Saturday evening performance of Quiz that the Tourist attended alongside the SO, BUD and KCK? Reviews for the original production at the…

  June 14, 2018
• Culture London Pop/Rock/Indie Theatre

  Mood Music at the Old Vic review ***

  Mood Music Old Vic Theatre, 30th May 2018 Joe Penhall is definitely on to something with his new play Mood Music. But having found it I am not entirely sure that he then took the time to develop it. Well worth seeing, some fine performances and some thoughtful debate, but,…

  June 9, 2018
• Classical Music Contemporary Classical Culture History Literature London Opera Theatre

  Lessons in Love and Violence at the Royal Opera House review ****

  Lessons in Love and Violence Royal Opera House, 26th May 2018 Here is an extract from an illuminated manuscript showing Eddy II getting a crown. Or more precisely a second crown. Not sure what that is all about but given he was by reputation a high maintenance sort of fella…

  June 6, 2018
• Culture London Theatre

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Greenwich Theatre review ****

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream Greenwich Theatre, 24th May 2018 This was the third and final leg of Lazarus Theatre’s hitherto excellent season at the Greenwich Theatre. The previous productions, Edward II (Edward II at Greenwich Theatre review ****) and The Lord of Flies (Lord of the Flies at Greenwich Theatre…

  June 3, 2018
• Culture History Literature London Theatre

  Describe the Night at the Hampstead Theatre review ****

  Describe The Night Hampstead Theatre, 23rd May 2018 In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Describe the Night hasn’t gone down too well with the London critics. The SO and I think they might have missed a…

  May 31, 2018
• Culture London Theatre

  Mayfly at the Orange Tree Theatre review *****

  Mayfly Orange Tree Theatre, 21st May 2018 A play set in a rural location about a family processing grief. Not a million miles away from the not entirely successful Nightfall at the Bridge Theatre I hear you clamour. (Nightfall at the Bridge Theatre review ***). Well yes after a fashion.…

  May 28, 2018