At Home He Feels Like A Tourist

  • Insignificance at the Arcola Theatre review ****

    Insignificance Arcola Theatre, 21st October 2017 Regular readers of this blog (don’t be shy) will know that I adore the work of Terry Johnson. As do a lot of proper theatre critic types. I also have a very soft spot for the Arcola. With this revival of Insignificance the combination…

  • What Shadows at the Park Theatre review ****

    What Shadows Park Theatre, 19th October 2005 The Park Theatre has pulled off a bit of a coup in bringing the Birmingham Rep’s production of What Shadows to London. It has been a deserved sell out. I have some misgivings, there were times when the didactisism verged on the patronising,…

  • Wings at the Young Vic review ****

    Wings Young Vic Theatre, 18th October 2017 Turns out there are a few tickets left for the final week or so of Wings. You could do worse than snapping one up. I cannot pretend it is a masterpiece, but the performance of the wonderful Juliet Stevenson, under the direction of…

  • The Cherry Orchard at Milton Court Theatre review ***

    The Cherry Orchard Milton Court Theatre, 17th October 2017 I have remarked before on the attractions of the Guildhall School final year productions. Lovely venue, clear interpretations which eschew directorial licence, and the chance to see some potential future stars of stage and screen. I must say these students are…

  • Every Brilliant Thing at the Orange Tree Theatre review ****

    Every Brilliant Thing Orange Tree Theatre, 17th October 2017 This jolly looking fellow is Jonny Donahoe. He is currently the latest incumbent in the one man show, Every Brilliant Thing, at the Orange Tree Theatre. The play was originally written by Duncan Macmillan (he of People, Places and Things, Lungs,…

  • The Comedy About a Bank Robbery at the Criterion Theatre review ****

    The Comedy About a Bank Robbery The Criterion Theatre, 15th October 2017 Abandoned by the SO, and with BD now, like MS, deep in academe, LD and I needed entertaining. The solution. A fix of Mischief Theatre. Now it is not the first time we had seen this. The whole…

  • The Wedding Present at Cadogan Hall review ****

    The Wedding Present Cadogan Hall, 14th October 2017 Regular readers of this blog (remember chums, the best clubs are exclusive) will be aware that the Tourist doesn’t really do “gigs”. It is all a bit loud for his aged ears. The number of bands/artists he would pay money to see…

  • Victory Condition at the Royal Court Theatre review **

    Victory Condition Royal Court Theatre, 12th October 2017 Apparently the writer of Victory Condition, Chris Thorpe, likes to experiment with the dramatic form. I haven’t seen Confirmation, a one man work in which he also took the lead as a white supremacist, which apparently prodded and provoked its audience. It…

  • B at the Royal Court Theatre review ***

    B Royal Court Theatre, 12th October 2017 I wasn’t entirely sure what to see from the plays on offer in this latest season at the Royal Court. I don’t know enough about the writers and the teasers on the website are exactly that, teasers. Seeing too many is an extravagance,…

  • Blade Runner 2049 film review *****

    Blade Runner 2049, 12th October 2017 Confession time. I think the original Blade Runner film is OK. Even in all the re-cut versions. Not brilliant, not a great leap forward in the cinematic science fiction genre, not a searing insight into the human condition. Just OK. Worth seeing but just…