Posted in Uncategorized on 08/04/2023| Leave a Comment »
Added to the Decca Group section on AROUND and AROUND: Argo (follow link). Argo was an odd label, with a major focus on spoken word, and lesser-known classical and then a major folk archive label too. My main interest is the art work they commissioned. There’s lots of it to see.
Posted in Uncategorized on 07/04/2023| Leave a Comment »
Emma Rice adapted BRIEF ENCOUNTER as a stage play in 2007 (LINK TO REVIEW). This is one of several revivals, directed by Douglas Rintoul, currently at Salisbury Playhouse then touring. It’s somewhere between a play with music and a musical. I think the former. It’s fast moving, funny, beautifully staged. See the review.
Posted in Uncategorized on 05/04/2023| Leave a Comment »
Wimborne Minster was the first gig on the British section of the tour, though the band are fresh from the USA and on superb form. SEE REVIEW HERE with full set list. It’s a lengthy tour- and they have a new album DIFFERENT GAME to promote, and it’s highly recommended.
Posted in Uncategorized on 03/04/2023| Leave a Comment »
This seemed like a brilliant idea. THE WINTER’S TALE (link to my review) is a problem play. It is tragedy in the first part in Sicilia, then raucous comedy in the second part in Bohemia. It’s hard to tie them together, so Sean Holmes came up with the idea of playing the Sicilia part in the indoor Wanamaker Playhouse, then moving the audience outside to the Globe open-air theatre for Bohemia. Reviews are mainly good, but then they saw it at night and lit. We saw it in broad daylight and it was a very different experience,
Posted in Uncategorized on 03/04/2023| Leave a Comment »
Review added of ROMEO & JULIE by Gary Owen. (linked). It was at The National Theatre’s Dorfman Theatre, but has now moved to Cardiff (where it’s set). It was the second five star production in two days for us. It’s a thought provoking 2023 love story. It stars Rosie Sheehy as Julie and Callum Scott Howells as Romeo. Wonderful.
Posted in Uncategorized on 03/04/2023| Leave a Comment »
Review of GUYS AND DOLLS (linked to full review) at The Bridge Theatre. Rarely have so many different critics awarded 5 stars. This immersive musical is a state of the art production, directed by Nicholas Hyntner at The Bridge Theatre. Looking back at the dozen years I’ve been doing this site, Hyntner must stand out as the best director of all.
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