Posted in Uncategorized on 29/07/2015| 3 Comments »
Home Affairs (LINKED), the second book in the “English As A Funny Language” trilogy is now available. Ebooks on Kindle, iBooks or Kobo. Print on demand from Create Space or amazon.com / amazon.co.uk. If you want the paperback edition, ($9.99) it is available at Create Space (LINKED)
Posted in Uncategorized on 27/07/2015| Leave a Comment »
Better late than never, my review of JURASSIC WORLD (linked). This has been an unusually thin year for film reviews, so let’s make it up with the biggest grossing one.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jag Changa, Larmer Tree, Raghu Dixit on 20/07/2015| 1 Comment »
Contemporary Indian Folk-Rock from India’s Raghu Dixit at the Larmer Tree Festival (second set). Exhilerating.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jimmy Cliff, Larmer Tree Festival on 20/07/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review of the phenomenal reggae superstar Jimmy Cliff at Larmer Tree Festival. A show I’ll never forget.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anna-Jane Casey, Jerry Herman, Jonathan Church, Mabel Normand, Mack & Mabel, Mack Sennett, Michael Ball, Michael Stewart, Rebecca LaChance on 19/07/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review of Mack & Mabel (FOLLOW LINK) at Chichester Festival Theatre. Stunning stagecraft and the voices of Michael Ball (as Mack Sennett) and Rebecca LaChance (as Mabel Normand).I don’t know how good the 1974 production was, but I’d guess that this one is so good because of what the 2015 direction and production has added.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bellowhead, Jon Boden, Larmer Tree on 17/07/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review linked of Britain’s best live band, Bellowhead at Larmer Tree Festival, Dorset, 16th July 2015
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andy Apollo, Annette McLaughlin, Ben Jonson, Geoffrey Freshwater, Henry Goodman, Matthew Kelly, Miles Richardson, Orion Lee, Ranjit Bolt, RSC, Swan Theatre, Trevor Ninn, Volpone on 15/07/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review added of Volpone (FOLLOW LINK HERE) at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Directed by Trevor Nunn and with Henry Goodman as Volpone. Sometimes modern dress works. This is a sublime example, set squarely in 2015. Five stars.
Annette McLaughlin as Lady Politic Would-Be and Volpone (Henry Goodman) faking illness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anita Dobson, Catherine Steadman, Charlotte Brimble, Harry Michell, Hubert Burton, Jack Holden, Lindsay Posner, Michael Pennington, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops To Conquer on 11/07/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review of She Stoops To Conquer (LINKED) at Bath Theatre Royal, directed by Lindsay Posner, with Anita Dobson and Michael Pennington. The play is time shifted from 1773 to the 1920s. Does it Work?
Posted in Uncategorized on 06/07/2015| Leave a Comment »
My latest Toppermost article is now online – it’s on Neil Diamond. (LINKED)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brendan O'Hea, Dean Nolan, Dominic Dromgoole, Dominic Rowan, Kurt Egyiawan, Mariah Gale, Measure For Measure, Petra Massey, The Globe, Trevor Fox on 06/07/2015| Leave a Comment »
Review of The Globe’s bawdy, rumbustious and brilliant Measure for Measure. I never knew it could be this funny. It’s running till October too. The photo shows Elbow, the Constable, Mistress Overdone and Pompey The Tapster.
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