14/07/2024 by Peter Viney
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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10/07/2024 by Peter Viney
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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07/07/2024 by Peter Viney
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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07/07/2024 by Peter Viney
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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30/06/2024 by Peter Viney
Actually a memory of mild teen villainy rather than a rant. LINK HERE TO READ.
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27/06/2024 by Peter Viney
Pye Zodiac & Astrology (follow link) I found a fascinating 1933 astrology disc so added it to the ‘Pye Zodiac’ label page at AROUND AND AROUND with some background. Great cover.
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22/06/2024 by Peter Viney
AROUND & AROUND: Added Emarcy (linked) which was Mercury’s jazz label until 1962. Say M R C (Mercury Record Corporation) aloud.
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22/06/2024 by Peter Viney
Around & Around latest: Mercury is the page for the post-1963 record label which was then a major part of Philips / Phonogram. It’s such a major and ever-growing label that I chose to focus on what I knew best of the artists, with some of the quirkier releases like The Fool and David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World, as well as the expected Mercury soul, Chuck Berry, Rod Stewart, 10 c.c., David Essex, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Village People, ABC, Van Morrison, Steve Miller Band, Big Country, Texas, Everly Bros.
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14/06/2024 by Peter Viney
First posted on Facbook. A political rant 14 June 2024 linked. I added it to RANTS. I just realised that this post comes directly after a Romeo & Juliet review, so let’s quote Mercutio:
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12/06/2024 by Peter Viney
Review of ROMEO & JULIET by Ballet Cymru, (linked) with the music of Prokofiev. A modern take on one of the great ballets with marvellous video projection. It’s touring now. Don’t miss it if it’s near you.
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