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Girl From The North Country review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 30/07/2017| Leave a Comment »

Irish playwright Conor McPherson was approached by Bob Dylan’s people and offered the chance to write a play with whichever Dylan songs he wanted to use. The result is Girl From The North Country, (LINKED) at the Old Vic, London. Twenty Dylan songs, a cast of 19. Brilliant new arrangements and some unexpected choices. Also a great play.
The picture is “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” which opens Act 2. The best evening of Dylan music you’ll see nowadays!
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Yerma (2017) review

Posted in Uncategorized on 29/07/2017| Leave a Comment »

Review of Yerma, by Simon Stone after Federico Garcia Lorca at the Young Vic. LINK: http://wp.me/PRxuW-5Gp

This production was Olivier Award Best Play of last year, and Billie Piper got six best actress awards. The revival has the original cast and runs till the end of August.
Billie Piper (Her) in Yerma at the Young Vic. Photo by Johan Persson (4)

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Much Ado About Nothing – Globe 2017, review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 24/07/2017| 3 Comments »

Review of The Globe’s Much Ado About Nothing,directed by Matthew Dunster. A riot of colour, set during the Mexican Revolutionary War in 1915. It’s always a favourite play, here in a radical interpretation.

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Dunkirk – review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 22/07/2017| Leave a Comment »

Review of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. (LINKED) A masterpiece, to me. With Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Fionn Whitehead. Read the review … a lot on the history too.

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Legends: Joanna Lumley, Twiggy, Lulu- review

Posted in Uncategorized on 21/07/2017| Leave a Comment »

An unusual event … the Telegraph Legends series brought together three 60s icons … Joanna Lumley, Twiggy and Lulu in conversation (LINKED) at Cadogan Hall, Chelsea … and Lulu sang.

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Queen Anne – 2015 review

Posted in Uncategorized on 19/07/2017| Leave a Comment »

As Helen Edmondson’s Queen Anne is currently running in the West End, I’m linking to my 2015 review of the original RSC production of Queen Anne  at Stratford. Only a third of the cast of eighteen have moved on to the West End, but most importantly, Emma Cunliffe is still Queen Anne. The marvellous Jonathan Broadbent as Robert Harley has been replaced by the also marvellous James Garnam. I haven’t seen the 2017 version. The 2015 version had better reviews, but then the RSC Theatre has a far better stage than the West End.

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Racing Demon – review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 09/07/2017| Leave a Comment »

Review of Racing Demon by David Hare in Bath Theatre Royal’s 2017 Summer Season, directed by Jonathan Church. Starring David Haig and Papa Essiedu. This 1990 award winning play is set in the Church of England in South London.

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