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Bob Dylan, Bournemouth 2024

01/11/2024 by Peter Viney

Up already. An instant review of Bob Dylan at Bournemouth International Centre on the Rough & Rowdy Ways Tour 2024 leg. FOLLOW THIS LINK.

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The New Real – review

01/11/2024 by Peter Viney

Review added of THE NEW REAL by David Edgar at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s third theatre (follow link to review), The Other Place. The review mentions the organizational chaos in simply getting in and seated, but the play itself survived it. It spans 24 years and centres on two US political strategists who work on presidential campaigns in an Eastern European country. The parallels are clear, and we are just a week before the big election. You might notice resemblances to several real people on the world stage.

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Othello, RSC 2024 – review

01/11/2024 by Peter Viney

Review of OTHELLO at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford. (LINKED). There is a strong stylized concept on a minimal set with elaborate costumes and lighting. The concept focuses on words rather than action. It’s highly professional, but we both felt the minimalism sanitized the violence. The picture of Iago (Will Keen) and Othello (John Douglas Thompson) is an all too rare piece of physicality.

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Summer 1954 – review

27/10/2024 by Peter Viney

This is a new title for two paired one act Terence Rattigan plays: Table Number Seven (from Separate Tables) and The Browning Version. The review of SUMMER 1954 is here. (Follow link). It’s at Bath Theatre Royal at the start of a tour, so again, as with recent reviews, there is a chance of getting to see it. Great lead performances from Nathaniel Parker in both plays, and by Siân Phillips (at 91!) in Table Number Seven. No photos yet. They will be added when they appear.

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Play On! review

25/10/2024 by Peter Viney

Review of PLAY ON! by the Talawa all-black theatre company at Salisbury. (Follow link). This is a musical set in the Cotton Club in Harlem in the 1940s. All the music is Duke Ellington related, and it’s loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, though all new text and it is NOT a parallel. All singing and dancing. Brilliantly performed and played. Yet no London critics have ventured to see it in Coventry, Liverpool or Salisbury. Still it goes on to Birmingham,. Bristol and Hammersmith. I guess they may deign to do Hammersmith.

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The Rocky Horror Show- review

20/10/2024 by Peter Viney

I love reviewing shows which most readers will be able to see. THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW stars Jason Donovan (link to review), and after Bath, goes to thirty-four more venues. Is it good? We are booking to see it again next year when it gets to Bournemouth.

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RCA Neon

18/10/2024 by Peter Viney

RCA Neon (FOLLOW LINK) on Around & Around.
One of the most collectible prog / jazz labels of all. Yet there were just eleven LPs and four singles in 1971-72. It lasted nine months. The record prices are astonishing.

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RCA post 1968 45s design

18/10/2024 by Peter Viney

On Around & Around:
The 45 design sections are in the first two RCA articles, but the RCA post-1968 is much longer, so the designs merit a separate article.
https://aroundandaroundcom.wordpress.com/rca-post-1968-45-designs/

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RCA and Elvis Presley

13/10/2024 by Peter Viney

At AROUND AND AROUND, RCA & Elvis Presley (follow link)
The sections on Elvis from the other RCA pages are here, with extra material throughout and an extensive post-1977 section on the reissues, aka The Elvis Industry

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Ben Portsmouth: This is Elvis, review

13/10/2024 by Peter Viney

An unusual last minute choice for us at Poole Lighthouse. BEN PORTSMOUTH: THIS IS ELVIS (follow link to review). A major Elvis tribute act, nearly filling the concert hall. I’ve been immersed in Elvis while working on a section in AROUND AND AROUND so we thought we’d give it a go. This guy really has a huge fan following. An odd evening all in all!

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