At Home He Feels Like A Tourist

  • Angels in America at the National Theatre review *****

    Angels in America: Part One Millennium Approaches and Part Two Perestroika National Theatre, 29th July 2017 That Tony Kushner is an ambitious playwright. This will comes as no surprise to you experienced theatre lovers but, having seen this and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to…

  • The Tempest at the Barbican review ****

    The Tempest Barbican Theatre, 27th July 2017 Now I would watch Simon Russell Beale read the telephone directory. Particular past favourites of mine include a Brechtian Galileo, a Face in the Alchemist, alongside Alex Jennings and Lesley Manville, his Stalin in Collaborators, a Timon in the Hytner production, which persuaded…

  • Directors’ Festival at the Orange Tree Theatre review

    Directors’ Festival 2017 Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against A Wall *** The End of Hope ***** Albert’s Boy *** Orange Tree Theatre, 26th, 27th, 28th July 2017 Now this really is a mighty fine idea. Take five short plays by some of Britain’s finest contemporary playwrights and hand them over…

  • Dunkirk film review ****

    Dunkirk, 26th July 2017 Regular readers of this blog (soon to be counted on the fingers of more than one hand I confidently predict) will have worked out that I am not a committed film buff, preferring the theatre, art exhibitions and, within limits, classical music concerts. And I am…

  • Daniel Kitson at the Roundhouse review ****

    Daniel Kitson: Something Other Than Everything The Roundhouse, 25th July 2017 I really can’t be doing with most stand-up comedy and will rarely pay money to go and see it. Most stand-ups are mildly diverting at best and often begin to grate as they default to cheap laughs from tired…

  • Ink at the Almeida Theatre review *****

    Ink Almeida Theatre, 24th July 2017 Recipe for a very satisfying night at the theatre. Choose your company. I spend the vast majority of my theatre going life flying solo. So it is such a pleasure to be joined by some choice chums. In this case the SO, the Blonde…

  • Giacometti at Tate Modern review ****

    Giacometti Tate Modern, 5th July 2017 Alberto Giacometti fitted the bill of the artist perfectly. Day upon day, month upon month, year upon year ploughing the same furrow. To capture the essence of the human form largely through sculpture and occasionally with paint. More than a nod to the representation…

  • British Watercolour Landscapes at the British Museum review ****

    Places of the Mind: British Watercolour Landscapes 1850 to 1950 British Museum, 3rd July 2017 Any right thinking Londoner or visitor thereto knows that time spent in the British Museum (or the V and A for that matter) is never wasted. I have remarked before on the rich run of…

  • The Philanthropist at Trafalgar Studios review *

    The Philanthropist Trafalgar Studios One, 6th July So the Philanthropist has been and gone. A combination of a visit late in the run, the Tourist’s usual dilatoriness and a holiday meant no review until now. Probably just as well. This wasn’t great I have to say. I think I just…

  • Some forthcoming London theatre ideas

    So we have had a few new season announcements over the past few weeks so here is a wrap up of what I think looks interesting in terms of stuff coming up on various London stages. To spare you crawling through all this guff here is my top ten, including…