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Category: Theatre

  • Girls and Boys at the Royal Court review *****

    Girls and Boys The Royal Court Theatre, 12th March 2018 Flippin’eck. That Carey Mulligan can act. I had a fair idea from her turns on the telly and in films. She has an unerring knack of choosing roles in dramas that appeal to myself, the SO, and often both of…

  • Network at the National Theatre review *****

    Network National Theatre Lyttleton, 9th March 2018 Right then. Finally got to see Network. Booked early but this was the first date that BUD, KCK and the Blonde Bombshells could collectively make. A bit nervous because the last time we wheeled the Bombshells out to an Ivo van Hove entertainment…

  • Frozen at the Theatre Royal Haymarket review ****

    Frozen Theatre Royal Haymarket, 8th March 2018 I see the Theatre Royal Haymarket is up for sale. Or rather a 70 year odd lease from the Crown Estate, a pernickety landlord, but one who has preserved the beautiful Nash terraces around Regents Park, and is slowing upgrading the built environment…

  • Napoleon Disrobed at the Arcola Theatre review ****

    Napoleon Disrobed Arcola Theatre, 7th March 2018 Here is JL David’s preposterously heroic painting of Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps. The Napoleon of Simon Ley’s alternative history The Death of Napoleon, is of a somewhat different hue. Ley’s novella, his real name was Pierre Ryckmans and he was a Belgian…

  • The Weir at Richmond Theatre review ****

    The Weir Richmond Theatre, 2nd March 2018 I am jealous of anyone who has never seen Conor McPherson’s 1997 play The Weir. They have something special to look forward to. I last saw it at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh at the beginning of 2016 in a fine production directed…

  • Smile Upon Us Lord review at the Barbican Theatre review ***

    Smile Upon Us, Lord Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia, Barbican Theatre, 1st March 2018 OK. Sometimes you just have to accept that an artistic endeavour is a bit beyond your reach. For whatever reason it just doesn’t click. That is what happened here with Smile Upon Us, Lord. There…

  • Curtains at the Rose Theatre Kingston review ****

    Curtains Rose Theatre Kingston, 1st March 2018 Stage comedies don’t always stand the test of time too well. Comedy is elusive enough in the first place and may often be more rooted than tragedy to specific times, places or events. Comedic fashion chops and changes and what is acceptable shifts…

  • Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre *****

    Julius Caesar Bridge Theatre, 28th February 2018 I had really, really been looking forward to this. Julius Caesar is one of my favourite Shakespeare plays. Contemporary relevance of course, but Shakespeare always has relevance. My appetite whetted by the excellent RSC production I saw at the Barbican last month, (Julius…

  • Picnic at Hanging Rock at the Barbican Theatre review ***

    Picnic at Hanging Rock Barbican Theatre, 24th February 2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock is an Australian cultural icon. Joan Lindsay’s novel, published in 1967 and Peter Weir’s 1975 film, (and all manner of subsequent examinations, interpretations and meditations), is a metaphor which gets to the very heart of the making…

  • Gundog at the Royal Court Theatre review ***

    Gundog Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, 15th February 2018 Always a tricky business knowing what to pick out when booking in advance for productions at the Royal Court. Obviously if it is a big name playwright, or someone with previous form, probably best to get in there sharpish and buy…