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Porgy and Bess at the ENO review ****
Porgy and Bess English National Opera, 31st October 2018 It has been a long time coming. This co-production, together with the Met and the Dutch National Opera, is the first time it has appeared on the Coliseum stage. The re-written version, with book by Suzanne Lori-Parks, (which attracted the ire…
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The Wolves at the Theatre Royal Stratford East review ****
The Wolves Theatre Royal Stratford East, 26th October 2018 …. or 3 stars if you would prefer the opinion of LD which may be more relevant since she should have a greater affinity with the subjects of Sarah DeLappe’s novel debut play. The SO similarly enjoyed the production but was…
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra at Milton Court review *****
The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (director) Milton Court Concert Hall, 22nd October 2018 WA Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat major K543 Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 Symphony No 41 “Jupiter” in C major K551 If you don’t know the Australian Chamber Orchestra then you should.…
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Hogarth’s Progress at the Rose Kingston review ***
Hogarth’s Progress: The Art of Success and The Taste of the Town Rose Theatre Kingston, 21st October 2018 South West London was a popular place for the cultural, liberal, metropolitan elite in the first half of the C18. It still is. Hogarth, Horace Walpole, David Garrick, Henry Fielding, Alexander Pope,…
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The Habit of Art at Richmond Theatre review *****
The Habit of Art Richmond Theatre, 19th October 2018 There are a handful of plays that I regret not seeing when they first appeared. Not those I wish I had seen, That would be a very long list and cover those periods where I was not putting the required viewing…
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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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