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Catching up (Part 1)

February 2020 Yep. You read that right. February 2020. Just before you know what kicked off and the stages went dark. You would have thought that the last 18 months would have given the Tourist plenty of time and inclination to continue reporting on his cultural journey. But no. Despite…

October 18, 2021
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The Tin Drum at the Coronet Theatre review *****

The Tin Drum The Coronet Theatre, 24th February 2020 I know. This is ridiculous. Posting some comments on something the Tourist saw over 18 months ago. But I started. So I’ll finish. And with some cracking live theatre now under his belt, the Tourist’s cultural mojo is back with a…

October 1, 2021
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Beethoven Choral Symphony: LSO at the Barbican review *****

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), London Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey (chorus director), Iwona Sobotka (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone) Barbican Hall, 12th February 2010 Not quite the Tourist’s last Beethoven fix before lockdown. A very dramatic take on various of the piano sonatas from Boris Giltburg was to follow…

June 7, 2020
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God of Carnage at the Rose Theatre Kingston ***

God of Carnage Rose Theatre Kingston, 11th February 2020 I remain ambivalent about the work of French playwright Yasmina Reza. I can see why she would wish to lampoon “middle-class” mores in her contemporary comedies of manners. There is, after all, a long and illustrious dramatic tradition of doing so.…

May 28, 2020
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all of it at the Royal Court Theatre review *****

all of it Royal Court Theatre, 11th February 2020 So we will have to wait for Alistair McDowall’s latest full length play The Glow at the Royal Court, postponed thanks to you know what. Mr McDowall was the pen, and brains, behind dystopian/sci-fi/mystery/thriller/social satires Brilliant Adventures, Talk Show, Captain Amazing,…

May 27, 2020
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Nora: A Doll’s House at the Young Vic review ****

Nora: A Doll’s House Young Vic Theatre, 10th February 2020 It is not difficult to see why theatre-makers, and audiences, continue to be drawn to drawn to Ibsen’s masterpiece, now over 140 years old. First and foremost, there is the still extraordinarily powerful message. Just think what old Henrik would…

May 27, 2020
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Noseda and the LSO at the Barbican review ****

London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Roman Simovic (violin) Barbican Hall, 9th February 2020 Prokofiev – Symphony No 1 in D major Op 25 “Classical” Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No 1 Op 19 Mussorgsky arr Rimsky-Korsakov – Prelude to “Khovanshchina” Shostakovich – Symphony No 9 in E flat major Op 70 The latest all Russian instalment in…

May 20, 2020
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My favourite lockdown theatre so far and to look forward to

If you are, like me, a well-to-do theatre nut, missing the real thing, trying, unlike me, to fit in the panicking, worrying, exercising, zooming, reading, binge watching, baking, eating, on-line shopping, goal-satisfying, caring, and maybe working, then you have probably already been overwhelmed by the streaming opportunities already served up…

May 13, 2020
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Julian Cope at the Barbican Hall review ****

Julian Cope Barbican Hall, 8th February 2020 February 21st 1982 if I am to believe t’Internet. Which, given that the source, Setlist.fm, is not associated with the hate and porn that comprises the vast majority of the web, seems reasonable in this case. The sorely missed Hammersmith Palais. The Teardrop…

May 9, 2020
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The Gift at the Theatre Royal Stratford East review ***

The Gift Theatre Royal Stratford East, 8th February 2020 Another in the lengthening list of contemporary plays where the reach of ambition exceeds the grasp of execution. Janice Okoh has set her sights on “imperialism, cross-racial adoption, cultural appropriation … and tea” with her “outrageous” play set firstly, in Victorian…

May 7, 2020
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Evgeny Kissin, Beethoven piano sonatas at the Barbican Hall review ***

Evgeny Kissin Barbican Hall, 6th February 2020 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No 8, Op 13 Pathétique 15 Variations and a Fugue, Op 35 Piano Sonata No 17, Op 31 No 2 Tempest Piano Sonata No 21, Op 53 Waldstein Encore: various Bagatelles Op 126, Op 33, Variations Op 76 and Ecossaise WoO…

May 4, 2020
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Mozart’s Final Flourish: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Royal Festival Hall review ***

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivan Fischer (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, 7th February 2020 Mozart Symphonies Nos 39, 40 and 41 The OAE, like so many of its orchestral peers, is doing a remarkable job in bringing music to us in this troubling times. All with a solidly educational…

April 28, 2020

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