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Pinter at the Pinter One review ****
Pinter at the Pinter One Harold Pinter Theatre, 18th October Press Conference Precisely The New World Order Mountain Language American Football The Pres and an Officer Death One for the Road Ashes to Ashes Just so you are clear. These are plays by Harold Pinter. Did I mention that? A…
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Southbank Sinfonia and Vladimir Ashkenazy at Milton Court review ****
Southbank Sinfonia, Vladimir Ashkenazy Milton Court Concert Hall, 16th October 2018 Edvard Greig – Holberg Suite Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No 1 “Classical” Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No 7 I am very partial to Vladimir Ashkenazy’s musicianship. Especially his way with Beethoven and Chopin on the piano. I gather…
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The Sweet Science of Bruising at the Southwark Playhouse review ****
The Sweet Science of Bruising Southwark Playhouse, 16th October 2018 Now that MS, BD and LD have turned into exemplars of their youthful generation, (I am their Dad so may be biased), we no longer watch Doctor Who. However with Malorie Blackman, Ed Hime, Pete McTighe and Vinay Patel (An Adventure…
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A Very, Very, Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre review ****
A Very, Very, Very Dark Matter Bridge Theatre, 13th October 2018 OK then. All of you fans of densely-plotted, cerebral, potty-mouthed, fairy-tale, political, splatter, revenge, comedy fantasies. Your ship has come in. I have a strong feeling that Martin McDonagh’s new play at the Bridge will, in years to come,…
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OthelloMacbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith review ***
OthelloMacbeth Lyric Hammersmith, 8th October 2018 OK so this has its moments. By splicing together Othello and Macbeth, excising out extraneous context, sub-plot and characters, director Jude Christian has largely succeeded in achieving what she set out to do. That is to recast the two famous tragedies from the perspective…
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Peer Gynt at the Arcola Theatre review ***
Peer Gynt Arcola Theatre, 5th October 2018 I have never seen Ibsen’s Peer Gynt before. In retrospect a minimalist two hander, a “daring realisation”, by “internationally acclaimed” German company Theater an der Ruhr, might have been a somewhat challenging place to start. Still what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,…
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The Jungle at the Playhouse Theatre review *****
The Jungle Playhouse Theatre, 4th October 2018 So this was my second attempt to see The Jungle. I had to bail out of the first halfway through as my back wasn’t up to squatting on the floor of the Young Vic. This is not a complaint. Given the subject it…
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