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Loudon Wainwright III

27/04/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Loudon Wainwright III at Poole Lighthouse added. See link. The support act Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou were the highlight of the evening for me.

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The Seagull

18/04/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of the Headlong / Nuffield theatre production of The Seagull added. This is a modern version of Chekhov’s play, written by John Donnelly, more a rethink than a translation, on a minimal set in modern dress. See the review … I felt the negatives outweighed the positives.

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eltvideos.com

15/04/2013 by Peter Viney

We are in the middle of a rebuild of the linked eltvideos.com site. Therefore at the moment it is picture-less, and very basic in appearance. All the text and links are still there.

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Rants

15/04/2013 by Peter Viney

A short piece on Parent & Child parking spaces added to rants.

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Once

31/03/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Once at the Phoenix Theatre, London. This stage adaptation of the cult Irish film surpasses the original. A truly first-rate and original musical. It always feels intimate and REAL.

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Curiosity Shop

28/03/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Theatre Alibi’s Curiosity Shop added.

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This updates Charles Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop to modern times, where Little Nell’s grandpa runs a secondhand vinyl shop, a location I know only too well.

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Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party

27/03/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party at The Point Theatre, Eastleigh added. A superb concert, and the review has long rambling asides about my experience of English folk, and my sudden conversion to the current crop of young artists in the traditional English folk field.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Bristol Old Vic / Handspring 2013

24/03/2013 by Peter Viney

Review added of the Bristol Old Vic / Handspring Puppet Theatre production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream See link. There are now several Dream reviews on this site. This is a fascinating and original concept that aroused ire in some reviewers. When it’s good it’s very very good. But it doesn’t all work.

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Abigail’s Party 2013

21/03/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of the 2013 touring production of the West End hit, Abigail’s Party, here. It’s very hard to revive this play without the shadow of the 1977 original dominating you. They steer a very careful course here: true to the spirit of the original, but sufficient replotting and rethinking too.

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Peter and Alice

16/03/2013 by Peter Viney

The second play in the Michael Grandage season has Judi Dench as Alice Liddell, inspiration for Alice in Wonderland, meeting Peter Davies, who gave his name to Peter Pan. They meet in the 1930s when he is in his 30s, and she in her 80s. And yes, it really happened. Peter & Alice is by the hugely successful screenwriter John Logan. We found the play “slow and static.”

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