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Imperium at the Gielgud Theatre review ****
Imperium I Conspirator and Imperium II Dictator Gielgud Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, 18th July and 25th August 2018 I don’t read much. Don’t have the patience or the imagination. Much easier to get my kicks from the theatre, or from film, where other people can do all the hard work.…
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Exit the King at the National Theatre review ****
Exit the King National Theatre Olivier, 15th August 2018 My first Ionesco play, albeit in a version adapted by ubiquitous wunderkind Patrick Marber, (one day the image of Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan that pops up at the mention of his name will pass), and, all things considered I liked what I saw…
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London theatre recommendations as at September 2018
One or two of you have ill advisedly remarked that I haven’t sent one of these out for a bit. Sorry I am just naturally indolent. Details below but for those of you who can’t be arsed to wade through all of that and trying to avoid the outre stuff,…
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The End of the Pier at the Park Theatre review ****
The End of the Pier Park Theatre 200, 2nd August 2018 Comic gold is not universal. We all have a different take on what is funny. The casting of Les Dennis in Extras (S1 E4) as a washed up, needy TV star in a pantomime, whose young fiancee is copping…
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Greek at the Arcola Theatre review *****
Greek Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre, 13th August 2018 It is a shame Steven Berkoff’s plays don’t get performed more often. They do, like the stage, film and TV villains he has memorably played, (there he is above doing the menacing thing), sometimes lapse into “in yer face” cliche, but at their…
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The Rape of Lucretia at the Arcola Theatre review ****
The Rape of Lucretia Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre, 1st August 2018 The Rape of Lucretia is a story with a long historical and artistic pedigree. It lies at the heart of the creation legend of the founding of the Roman Republic in the late 500s BCE, was documented by Livy and…
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Donmar Warehouse review ****
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Donmar Warehouse, 19th July 2018 The SO obviously is a big fan of Muriel Spark’s novel. We are both big fans of Ronald Neame’s film version, (only the other day I revisited this director’s magnificently cheesy The Poseidon Adventure), though let’s face it that…
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For King and Country at the Southwark Playhouse review ***
For King and Country Southwark Playhouse, 17th July 2018 You get all sorts of theatre at the Southwark Playhouse. Bold, experimental stuff, new works, revivals, youth theatre, musicals. classics. You name it, someone will put it on. It doesn’t always fly, but very rarely does it disappoint. That would be…
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