Review added of the spectacular production of TIMON OF ATHENS (follow link to my review) by The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Directed by Simon Godwin, starring Kathryn Hunter as a female Timon.

15/12/2018 by Peter Viney
Review added of the spectacular production of TIMON OF ATHENS (follow link to my review) by The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Directed by Simon Godwin, starring Kathryn Hunter as a female Timon.

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08/12/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of the Shakespeare’s Globe production of Macbeth at the Wanamaker Playhouse. Nepotism rules, OK? Though oddly, Paul Ready’s Macbeth is the only good thing in it. While it has some positive points, it’s a very low rating from me.

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08/12/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of Sam Shepard’s ‘True West’ with Kit Harrington and Johnny Flynn added. (https://peterviney.wordpress.com/stage/true-west/) Actors with charisma and chemistry. Not so sure about the play.
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02/12/2018 by Peter Viney
Ruth Jones (Nessa from Gavin & Stacey) is touring in The Nightingales by William Gaminara. We saw it in Chichester, but it is destined for the West End. A comedy with a dark edge about a singing group in a village hall.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christopher Luscombe, Mary Stockley, Philip McGinley, Riuth Jones, Sarah Earnshaw, Stefa Adegbola, Steven Pacey | Leave a Comment »
23/11/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of the touring production of Othello, (LINKED) from English Touring Theatre / Oxford Playhouse / Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory. An interesting modern take, focussing on religion rather than race at the start. Best Desdemona / Emilia scene I’ve ever seen too. Picture is Othello and Iago.

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19/11/2018 by Peter Viney
The Coen Brothers latest, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (FOLLOW LINK) only had a week in a few cinemas, before opening on Netflix this weekend, which is how we saw it. Six Western stories presented in sequence. One not to miss.

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17/11/2018 by Peter Viney
On 17th November 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh was tried for treason in Winchester’s Great Hall. Shakespeare’s Globe take us back to the actual day in the actual place for Ralegh: The Treason Trial. (FOLLOW LINK TO REVIEW). A fascinating recreation / play.

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15/11/2018 by Peter Viney
Last night I had the strangest dream … I suddenly pictured the world post-Brexit as seen by the most fervent (rabid?) Brexiteers! Here is the LINK TO THE ARTICLE. It’s copiously illustrated, so set your watch back to 1951, and read on …

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11/11/2018 by Peter Viney
A short article, Poppies, (LINKED) added for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One.
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11/11/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of The Watsons, by Laura Wade, (FOLLOW LINK) adapted from Jane Austen’s unfinished novel. Five stars from Michael Billington – Laura Wade doesn’t finish the story so much as upend it and create a new and hilarious and ever wilder fiction. You have to read more detail. Chichester Festival Theatre.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Grace Monoly, Jane Booker, Joe Bannister, Katherine Rose Morley, Laura Wade, Laurence Ubang Williams, Louise Ford, Paksie Vernon, Sally Bankes, Sam Alexander, Samuel West, SophieDuval, Tim Delap | Leave a Comment »
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