09/03/2014 by Peter Viney
Review of Rodriguez at the Bournemouth International Centre, Sunday 9th March 2014. Unfortunately I thought the setlist poorly ordered, the covers he did weak, and the backing band under-rehearsed. Pity, the man was lovely and he’s a legend. He’d be better solo with guitar. See the full review with setlist.
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04/03/2014 by Peter Viney
Review added of the Box Clever production of Romeo and Juliet. (SEE LINK) This athletic and inventive mix of Shakespeare lines and modern English, played by a cast of three plus a sound mixer on stage was inventive and energetic. It’s 60 minutes long. Highly recommended.
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02/03/2014 by Peter Viney
Review of the National Theatre production of Shelagh Delaney’s 1958 play A Taste of Honey added.
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01/03/2014 by Peter Viney
Review of King Lear with Simon Russell-Beale as Lear, National Theatre, directed by Sam Mendes linked here. We were surprised to find that this was not our favourite Lear this year!
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24/02/2014 by Peter Viney
Somewhat late on in its theatrical run, a film review of The Railway Man (LINKED) with Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Irvine. The film did poorly with the critics, and is better than the reviews suggested, but while thought-provoking and moral, is nevertheless not “entertaining” in the sense of action, romance, or even drama.
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16/02/2014 by Peter Viney
Fortune’s Fool at The Old Vic is a must-see. This review was wrongly linked yesterday, but is correct now.
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15/02/2014 by Peter Viney
Review of The Duchess of Malfi, (LINKED HERE) opening the recreated Jacobean theatre at The Globe, Sam Wanamaker’s Playhouse. Historically fascinating, theatrically lackluster.
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02/02/2014 by Peter Viney
The music section has been updated with links to my articles on the Toppermost website. Click on the tab above.
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31/01/2014 by Peter Viney
Review added of Coriolanus, with Tom Hiddleston in the title role. This was a live theatre broadcast from the Donmar Warehouse in London to cinemas, and is in the “stage” section of the reviews.
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29/01/2014 by Peter Viney
Enraged by The Daily Telegraph’s unjust review of Simon Russell Beale in King Lear, I’ve added a piece to the Rants section on sizeism: The Long And The Short Of It. See link.
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