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Stan and Ollie film review ****
Stan and Ollie, 22nd January 2019 For the avoidance of doubt the two fellas above are not Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, the stars of film Stan and Ollie, nor indeed are they yer actual Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. No this, obviously is a statue of the comedy…
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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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Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields at King’s Place review *****
Bang on a Can All Stars, BBC Singers, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) Kings Place Hall One, 19th January 2019 I had heard a few snippets of Julia Wolfe’s compositions but freely admit this was a bit of a leap into the unknown. Still what I had heard seemed interesting, I was keen…
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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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SoundState Festival: LPO at the Royal Festival Hall review ***
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor), Stewart McIlwham (piccolo), Colin Currie (percussion) Royal Festival Hall, 16th January 2019 Arne Gieshoff – Burr Anders Hillborg – Sound Atlas Erkki-Sven Tuur – Piccolo Concerto (Solastalgia) Louis Andriessen – Agamemnon Helen Grime – Percussion Concerto It is amazing what a little bit of…
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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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