At Home He Feels Like A Tourist

  • Twitstorm at the Park Theatre review ***

    Twitstorm Park Theatre, 15th June 2017 Right then. Where to start with Twitstorm, a new play by Chris England, which has a couple more weeks to run at the Park Theatre. Well once again the Park has taken an intriguing and a la mode idea and stuffed it full of…

  • Destination Unknown film review *****

    Destination Unknown, 15th June 2017 Destination Unknown is a very powerful documentary about the survivors of the WWII Holocaust. Director Claire Ferguson has taken the testimony of thirteen Jewish survivors largely from Poland and carefully, but decisively, built up their powerful narratives before, during and after the Holocaust. The film…

  • An Octoroon at the Orange Tree Theatre review ****

    An Octoroon Orange Tree Theatre, 14th June 2017 Crikey. An Octoroon. I am not entirely sure what I saw and learnt here. I do know it will stay in the memory for many years though and I am very glad I saw this. Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins takes the bones of…

  • Murray Perahia at the Barbican Hall review ***

    Murray Perahia Barbican Hall, 11th June 2017 J S Bach – French Suite No 6 in E major, BWV 817 Schubert – 4 Impromptus Op 142, D 935 Mozart – Rondo in A minor, K 511 Beethoven -Sonata No 32 in C minor, Op 111 Murray Perahia is a great…

  • Richard III at the Arcola Theatre review ****

    Richard III Arcola Theatre, 10th June 2017 I have had a surfeit of Dickie IIIs over the last few years. Mind you I am not complaining. Mark Rylance on his return to the Globe found a vulnerable, despairing Richard who didn’t seem to care about his actions. Ralph Fiennes was…

  • Robots at the Science Museum review *****

    Robots Science Museum, 7th June 2017 The Robots exhibition at the Science Museum is now around half way into its run (ends 3rd September) and with school holidays done and dusted I figured it was safe to take the plunge and have a look. Mid afternoon slot and near empty…

  • Killology at the Royal Court Theatre review ****

    Killology Royal Court Theatre, 8th June 2017 There are a few plays every year where I kick myself that I missed them. Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Stott from 2015 was definitely one of them. So I was determined to see Killology (pre-reviews) even though I wasn’t entirely persuaded by the…

  • Mahan Esfahani at the Wigmore Hall review ****

    Mahan Esfahani Wigmore Hall, 5th June 2017 Thomas Tomkins – Pavane in A Minor Giles Farnaby – Woody-Cock Henry Cowell – Set of Four WF Bach – Sonata E Flat Major Steve Reich (arr Esfahani) – Piano Phase The harpsichord is certainly not my favourite instrument. (Electric guitar since you…

  • Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at the Barbican Hall *****

    Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Ades Barbican Hall, 6th June 2017 Gerard Barry – Chevaux-de-frise Beethoven – Symphony No 3 in E Flat Major. Op 55 “Eroica” That Beethoven eh. Too busy being a genius to get a decent haircut. Another reason why he is my sort of bloke. I have raved…

  • The Island at the Southwark Playhouse review ****

    The Island Southwark Playhouse, 5th June 2017 The Island was written by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona, whose other major work is Sizwe Bansi is Dead, and first performed, illegally, by the writers to an integrated audience in Cape Town in 1973. It was devised and rehearsed in…