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Record Store Day(s)

08/05/2023 by Peter Viney

Article with many illustrations on RECORD STORE DAY (S) -follow link – now live at AROUND AND AROUND. It traces the history and the ethos.

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Cymbeline, RSC 2023- review

06/05/2023 by Peter Viney

CLICK ON THIS LINK to my review of Cymbeline. The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2023 production is Greg Doran’s final play as Artistic Director. As expected they’ve gone to town on it. After a very shaky start to 2023, this is the RSC you expect and love. It brings clarity to a confusing play and manages to be exciting and fummy, without hammering out an agenda (for a change).

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Dancing at Lughnasa 2023 – review

01/05/2023 by Peter Viney

The third play in three days, and three five star plays too, which never happens. The third is DANCING AT LUGHNASA (link to review) by Brian Friel at the National Theatre on the Olivier stage. This 1990 Irish play is already considered a classic, and the National Theatre has done it proud. See the review.

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The Motive & The Cue – review

30/04/2023 by Peter Viney

Sam Mendes directs Jack Thorne’s THE MOTIVE & THE CUE at the National Theatre (FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ACTUAL REVIEW). This is the story of Richard Burton’s “Hamlet” in 1964, directed by Sir John Gielgud. We’re in rehearsal rooms, as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s suite. Mark Gattis plays … or rather IS … Sir John Gielgud. Johnny Flynn IS Richard Burton, and Tuppence Middleton brings us Elizabeth Taylor. The play is thugght-provoking and insightful.

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Shirley Valentine- review

29/04/2023 by Peter Viney

Review of the 2023 production of Willie Russell’s one-woman play SHIRLEY VALENTINE at the Duke of York’s Theatre, (LINKED) London. Sheridan Smith is Shirley Valentine in a life-affirming 5 star version.

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See Tulips 2023 …

25/04/2023 by Peter Viney

LINK TO a huge array of tulips in our garden.

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Fran Lebowitz – review

22/04/2023 by Peter Viney

We saw Fran Lebowitz on her speaking tour at Cheltenham Town Hall. Review is linked here. It was a classic “Literary Festival” format and for us, at £35 a head, extremely poor value for money compared to a play at the same price. She is an interesting person, but not a good public speaker.

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Phones, concerts & copyright (a rant)

20/04/2023 by Peter Viney

A rant on phones concerts and copyright added (LINK HERE). It starts:

I saw that Natalie Merchant had stopped a show yesterday, called a mother and daughter up on stage and had them delete video footage of her. There was a great deal of comment with the bays and bleats of the entitled who thought they had a right to record anyone anywhere. You don’t. Natalie Merchant was right, most of the audience applauded her. Apparently, she had politely asked the mother to stop filming after the previous song. The daughter then started filming the next one.

Then it goes into the general topic

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Daisy Jones & The Six – review

18/04/2023 by Peter Viney

Review of the Amazon Prime series DAISY JONES & THE SIX linked. This ten part series was good entertainment, I’ve not gone into plot spoilers, mainly commented on the characters. Read the review.

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Pee’d off … a rant

16/04/2023 by Peter Viney

A rant added PEE’D OFF (follow link) on the elimination of men’s toilets at the Royal Shakespeare Company Swan Theatre and the replacement by ALL GENDER toilets, which effectively meant ‘No Men’s Toilets.’

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