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The Humans at the Hampstead Theatre review ****
The Humans Hampstead Theatre Main Stage, 3rd October 2018 Sometimes it can feel like the whole history of US theatrical drama is one long story of family dysfunctionality. Mind you you can see why. When it works, Miller, O’Neill, Williams, Albee, Shepherd, Wilson, Kushner, to name a few, it is…
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Holst’s The Planets: BBCSO at the Barbican review ****
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus (women’s voices), Professor Brian Cox, Ben Gernon Barbican Hall, 29th September 2018 I wasn’t quite sure of what the format would be for this performance of Holst’s The Planets. Maybe a quick intro from our most famous and telegenic physicist, then a work-out for…
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The Cardinal’s Musick at Wigmore Hall review ****
The Cardinal’s Musick, Andrew Carwood (director) Wigmore Hall, 27th September 2018 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Motet Tu es Petrus, Missa Tu es Petrus, Gregorian Chant, Magnus Sanctus Paulus a 8 Giovanni Bassano – O Rex gloriae Jacob Handl – Sanctus Bartholomeus Thomas Crecquillon – Andreas Christi famulus Tomás Luis…
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The Village at Theatre Royal Stratford East review ****
The Village Theatre Royal Stratford East, 27th September 2018 One of the many advantages of the idle life of culture is the opportunity to savour the coincidences that it routinely throws up. I see a play, Losing Venice, about the end of Empire, written in a style which apes the…
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Thomas Ades and the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall review ****
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Ades, Kirill Gerstein (piano) Royal Festival Hall, 26th September 2018 Igor Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements Thomas Ades – In Seven Days (Concerto for piano and orchestra) Witold Lutoslawski – Symphony No 3 Thomas Ades is a talented chap. As composer, conductor and performer he…
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An Adventure at the Bush Theatre review ****
An Adventure Bush Theatre, 26th September 2018 Now I cannot pretend that, when the lovely people at the Bush moved the matinee performance of An Adventure that I attended forward by an hour, and indicated it had metamorphosed into a three hour plus extravaganza, I wasn’t concerned. And reading the…
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The League of Gentlemen Live Again! at the O2 Arena review ****
The League of Gentlemen Live Again! O2 Arena London, 23rd September 2018 The Tourist really dislikes the O2 Arena. Awful sound, brutal lighting, terrible sightlines, cavernous, uncomfortable seats, no water, sh*te loos. Pretty much pointless choosing to “see” anything there. Still sometimes, as here, you have no choice. And this,…
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Touching the Void at Bristol Old Vic review *****
Touching the Void Bristol Old Vic, 22nd September 2018 The Tourist had a terrific visit to Bristol recently. Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’s marvellous Henry V (Henry V at the Tobacco Factory Bristol review *****), the Georgian House, another fine cathedral ticked off, an accidental preview of the refurbished space…
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