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Colin Currie Group at Kings Place review ****
Colin Currie Group Kings Place, 20th January 2018 Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood New York Counterpoint Mallet Quartet Drumming Part 1 Vermont Counterpoint Quartet (2013) So off to Kings Place for another immersion into the sound world of Steve Reich guided by his finest living advocates (probably), the…
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Ilya and Emilia Kabakov at Tate Modern review ****
Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into The Future: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Tate Modern, 19th January 2018 I know it is not easy to make out but take a good peer at the image above. This is an installation created in 1985 by Russian conceptual artist, Ilya Kabakov. The Man…
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Red Star Over Russia at Tate Modern review ****
Red Star Over Russia: A Revolution in Visual Culture 1905-55 Tate Modern, 19th January 2018 I have always coveted a collection. I mean a proper collection. I have a fair few CDs, (I have bought maybe 6 or 7 download only albums in my life – not having a physical…
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My top ten films of 2017
Most of the films I see at the cinema are good, often very good, and mostly excellent. That is thanks to the insight of critics and the adopting of a moderately elitist approach in choosing my viewing. As you can see from the below though it isn’t all miserabilist…
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The War Has Not Yet Started at the Southwark Playhouse review ***
The War Has Not Yet Started Southwark Playhouse, 18th January 2018 I don’t really read that much anymore. Which means I take a rather circuitous route to the acquisition of knowledge and satisfaction of curiosity. The page has been replaced by the stage, the museum and gallery, visits, music and…
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My Mum’s a Twat at the Royal Court Theatre review ***
My Mum’s A Twat Royal Court Theatre, 16th January 2018 I am a fat bloke with a dodgy heart and a sore back in his 50s. So I should not be swanning around London without a care in the world hoovering up culture to make up for lost time. I…
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri film review *****
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, 16th January 2018 Best film of 2018. Settle down Tourist. We are only three weeks in. Well I am confident that nothing will come along to match this so I stand by my sensationalist claim. You see I spent all of 2016 waiting for a…
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The Twilight Zone at the Almeida Theatre review ***
The Twilight Zone Almeida Theatre, 13th January 2018 Based on my entirely objective reviews, (of which more to follow when I get round to it), I see that the Almeida has, over the last three years or so, consistently offered the best theatrical experience in London. No great surprise really…
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