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Archive for August, 2013

Leonard Cohen

Review of Leonard Cohen, Bank Holiday Monday August 26th is now up. Follow the link to the review. I thought his 2008 / 2009 shows the best-sounding I’ve heard. He’s improved!  Apologies for the fuzzy iPhone picture.

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A Little Hotel On The Side

Review of the classic Feydeau farce A Little Hotel On The Side added … see link for review. An excellent cast … Richard McCabe, Tom Edden, Henry Portal, Richard Wilson, Natalie Walter, Hannah Waddingham… make for a first rate production.

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All’s Well That Ends Well

Review of the RSC’s All’s Well That Ends Well added (see link). Sometimes you drive back from plays wondering if it was worth the effort, then other times, like this, you see a production so brilliant that it justifies the next dozen trips.

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A Mad World My Masters

Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “A Mad World My Masters” (linked) added.

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King Lear

Review of King Lear at Bath Theatre Royal, (LINKED) directed by Lucy Bailey with David Haig as King Lear. It’s never been a favourite play. It still isn’t.

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Summer in February

Review of Summer in February (LINK) added. The film got something of a critical pasting, but a largely positive review can be found at the link.
Dan Stevens, Emma Browning and Dominic Cooper star in this 1913 tale of a love triangle in 1913-1914 Cornwall, based on a true story.

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