Posted in Uncategorized on 28/04/2026| Leave a Comment »
New at AROUND AND AROUND. Warner Bros (Pye) 1965-1970 (follow link) takes on the next five years of Warner Bros in the UK. They switched to Pye distribution, and the Everly Brothers continued, but then add The Association, Harper’s Bizarre, and The Grateful Dead, Van Morrison and Van Dyke Parks.
Posted in Uncategorized on 26/04/2026| Leave a Comment »
Review of DRIFTWOOD by Martina Laird (follow link to review) at the RSC’s third theatre, The Other Place. Directed by Justin Audibert. It’s an exciting new play set in Trinidad in 1956, a society with soon to depart British colonial types and newly arrived American ‘chancers.’
Posted in Uncategorized on 26/04/2026| Leave a Comment »
A page has been added in memory of my old friend Chris Price. We were at university together and he became an artist and illustrator. I have included some of his early artwork from the 1967-68 era.
Posted in Uncategorized on 26/04/2026| Leave a Comment »
Follow the LINK to my review of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht. This is currently at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. Mark Gatiss stars as Arturo Ui, the fascist dictator in Brecht’s parable about the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. As Brecht intended, it’s played in a highly theatrical style.
Posted in Uncategorized on 23/04/2026| Leave a Comment »
The 1958 film of Terence Rattigan’s SEPARATE TABLES (follow link) has been added to the 60s retrospective film review section. OK, 1958 is stretching it a couple of years. David Niven and Wendy Hilliard got Academy Awards. Burt Lancaster and Rita Hayworth didn’t. There’s a reason for that. It was always a fine play, but in combining the two elements, I thought the two American stars were totally eclipsed by the fine British actors.
Posted in Uncategorized on 17/04/2026| Leave a Comment »
Follow link to the Hurn Court Opera production of LA TRAVIATA at Christchurch Regent. This was a marvellous production with emerging young professional singers. It goes on to Blandford and Winchester. A rare chance to see first class opera at a reasonable price too.
Posted in Uncategorized on 14/04/2026| Leave a Comment »
Not so much a review as a recommendation. FOLLOW LINK to the short article. It’s on BBC iPlayer, ten episodes based on Mary, the least attractive of the Bennett sisters in Pride and Prejudice. No plot spoilers.
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