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Archive for July, 2024

Twisters- review

Posted in Uncategorized on 27/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

They say Twisters is the blockbuster of Summer 2024. Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos head the cast. We watched it, and it is exactly the sort of thing to watch in a big cinema on a massive screen. FOLLOW THE LINK to my review.

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MGM (to 1967)

Posted in Uncategorized on 22/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

MGM (to 1967) is an elaborate and heavily illustrated article. It covers their years as a major EMI-distributed label, specialising mainly on their own soundtracks and musicals, together with excursions into C&W (Hank Williams), pop (Conway Twitty, Connie Francis, Richard Chamberlain, Sam The Sham etc) and even a little rare soul. 1967 is the cut off because then major changes took place. Coming next.

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A View From the Bridge – 2024 review

Posted in Uncategorized on 18/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

A review of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE by Arthur Miller (follow the link). It started out at Bath Ustinov studios, and moved to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in the West End. It’s directed by Lindsay Posner and features Dominic West as Eddie Carbone and Kate Fleetwood as his wife. It’s an all-time favourite play, and this is the best production of it I have ever seen.

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The Constituent- review

Posted in Uncategorized on 18/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

Review added of THE CONSTITUENT by Joe Penhall (follow the link). This is currently playing at The Old Vic in London and stars James Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin. Yes THE James Corden. The acting is great, the play relevant. It has an Afghan vet confronting an MP. Still running.

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Kyoto – review

Posted in Uncategorized on 14/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

Review of KYOTO by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson (follow link), at The RSC Swan Theatre in Stratford. This is the highly-acclaimed play about the 1997 climate change conference in Kyoto and the events leading up to it. We have a few curmudgeonly points, but it’s worth seeing.

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The Merry Wives of Windsor – RSC 2024 review

Posted in Uncategorized on 14/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

The second review from the RSC this week. It’s Blanche McIntyre’s directed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, (follow link). This is the normal modern day setting, but it’s even set right now in the football Euros (peripherally). John Hodgkinson is a towering Falstaff in more ways than one. It’s modern suburban England. For me it’s a favourite comedy, enjoying another wonderful version.

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The School for Scandal- RSC 2024 Review

Posted in Uncategorized on 14/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

The first of three RSC Stratford-on-Avon reviews, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (follow link). This is visually stunning and bathed in pink. It’s running all summer and it’s playing in repertory with Merry Wives of Windsor with many of the same actors in the cast.

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Planning: a rant

Posted in Uncategorized on 10/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

I’m in the mood for ranting. This time it’s over incoming ministers boasting that they’re going to “rip up” planning laws. Really? Is that a fair idea? My rant is why it isn’t. See PLANNING (link to my rant)

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The Caretaker- Chichester, review

Posted in Uncategorized on 07/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

Review added of The Chichester Festival production of THE CARETAKER by Harold Pinter (FOLLOW LINK). This is directed by the new artistic director, Justin Audibert and stars Ian McDiarmid, Adam Gillen and Jack Riddiford. The set and music match the high quality of the performances.

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Car park machines- a rant

Posted in Uncategorized on 07/07/2024| Leave a Comment »

I’ve added a “rant” (FOLLOW THIS LINK TO READ) though rant is too strong. It’s rather a description of the everyday irritating little things involved with getting car park tickets and stopping them blowing in the wind …

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