Review of “Widows” directed by Steve McQueen added. Follow the link. Beautifully constructed heist movie, way more intriguing than most of the genre.

09/11/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of “Widows” directed by Steve McQueen added. Follow the link. Beautifully constructed heist movie, way more intriguing than most of the genre.

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04/11/2018 by Peter Viney
Short review of Ballet UK’s production of “Beauty & The Beast” (FOLLOW LINK). This company bring full classical ballet productions to the smaller towns that the major tours never reach.

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03/11/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of Ian Felice (Felice Brothers) live at Winchester. Solo and group favourites.

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30/10/2018 by Peter Viney
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28/10/2018 by Peter Viney
Review added of the hugely impressive Royal Shakespeare company production of Marlowe’s Tamburlaine (LINKED). It’s a long play, sweeping across vast swathes of the world. Jude Owusu is a magnificent Tamburlaine with a marvellous cast around him.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged David Rubin, David Sturzaker, Debbie Korley, James Clyde, James Tucker, Jude Owusu, Mark Hadfield, Michael Boyd, Raj Bajaj, Ralph Davis., Riad Richie, Rosy McEwan, Sagar I M Arya, Salman Akhtar, Zainab Hassan | Leave a Comment »
27/10/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of the 2018 production of Troilus& Cressida at the RSC, directed by Gregory Doran. With Gavin Fowler &Amber James as the lovers, and Oliver Ford Davies as Pandarus.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amber James, Andrew Langtree, Andy Apollo, Daniel Burke. Adjoa Andoh, Daniel Hawksford, Ewart James Walters. Theo Ogundipe, Gavin Fowler, Geoffrey Lumb, Gregory Doran, Jams Cooney, Jim Hooper, Oliver Ford Davies, Shelia Reid, Suzanne Bertish | Leave a Comment »
25/10/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller added (FOLLOW LINK). This was at the NuffieldCity Theatre, before moving on to the Rose Kingston. It stars Tom Burke (Musketeers, Striker) as the Marquis of Posa. Unusual bare stage production. Picture is Darell D’Silva as King Philip II of Spain.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexandra Dowling, Darrell D'Silva, Friedrich Schiller, Gadi Roll, Kelly Gough, Samuel Valentine, Tom Burke, Vinta Morgan | Leave a Comment »
22/10/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of the World Premiere of Martin McDonagh’s “A Very Very Very Dark Matter” at The Bridge Theatre (FOLOW THE LINK). As one might expect, this is a very (very very) unconventional play about Hans Christian Anderson, and his very (very very) dark secret. We thought it wonderful.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Elizabeth Berrington, Jim Broadbent, Johnetta Eula Mae Ackles, Martin McDonagh, Matthew Dunster, Phil Daniels | Leave a Comment »
20/10/2018 by Peter Viney
Review added of Julie Burchill and Jane Robins controversial “pro-Brexit”play People Like Us added, (https://peterviney.wordpress.com/stage/people-like-us/). It sparked extremely negative reviews from the main critics.

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18/10/2018 by Peter Viney
Review added of Cliff Richard’s 2018 tour at Bournemouth. (FOLLOW LINK) A lengthy review too, as befits his 60 years as an entertainer. I liked the show much more than I’d expected … I was always a fan of earlier material.

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