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Present Laughter – review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 28/06/2016| Leave a Comment »

Review of Noel Coward’s PRESENT LAUGHTER (linked) with Samuel West and Phylliss Logan, Bath Theatre Royal.

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Watership Down (play review)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on 26/06/2016| Leave a Comment »

Review of WATERSHIP DOWN, (FOLLOW LINK) adapted for the stage from Richard Adams’ book by Rona Munro. Staged at the wonderful Watermill Theatre, and featuring Edward Bennett.

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Noises Off – review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 20/06/2016| Leave a Comment »

Michael Frayn’s classic 1982 backstage farce Noises Off in its 2016 production directed by Blanche McIntyre. It’s a Nuffield, Southampton, Nottingham Playhouse and Northern Stages joint production.

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Remain!

Posted in Uncategorized on 19/06/2016| 1 Comment »

Let us hope sanity prevails and we look into the future for our young people (while remembering an unprecedented 71 years of peace in Western Europe). No, the 1947 map of a world with swathes of pink for the British Empire is no longer there, though Messrs Gove, Johnson and Farage think that’s how the world should be. In the last election people had an opportunity to vote for UKIP, and they chose not to. Then a whole bunch of Conservatives who were voted in AGAINST UKIP candidates switched sides. It’s totally wrong. In my first political statement here, VOTE REMAIN.

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First Light review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 16/06/2016| Leave a Comment »

Review of First Light, a new play by Mark Hayhurst, at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. It is the story of two deserters, “shot at dawn” during the Battle of The Somme in 1916. A terrific and deeply moving play.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream -Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Tour

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on 09/06/2016| Leave a Comment »

Review of the West Country Tour of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. A fast, fresh and lively production, and a counterpoint to all the major no expense spared productions this year by the RSC, Globe and BBC.

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Ross – review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 08/06/2016| Leave a Comment »

Review of Ross  (LINKED) by Terence Rattigan at Chichester Festival Theatre. This play about Lawrence of Arabia comes on the centenary of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916. Directed by Adrian Noble. An unmissable production starring Joseph Fiennes.

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