Review of All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. A candlelit production of a rarely produced play. It’s a play with modern resonances, and one I particularly like. So what about this production?

21/01/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. A candlelit production of a rarely produced play. It’s a play with modern resonances, and one I particularly like. So what about this production?

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20/01/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of the second of Classic Spring Theatre’s Oscar Wilde year, LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN With Jennifer Saunders and Kevin Bishop. Directed by Kathy Burke.
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16/01/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of the musical THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, with music from the La La Land team. Starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum. Great choreography, vibrant colour, memorable songs. You can’t go wrong.

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13/01/2018 by Peter Viney
The Awards Season brings all the best films in quick succession, so our second in two days is Joe Wright’s DARKEST HOUR starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill and Lily James as Elizabeth Layton, his young secretary. Britain has spent 2017 obsessed with World War II movies and it looks as if 2018 is a continuation.

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12/01/2018 by Peter Viney
Review of Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri is linked. It’s hoovering up awards, and rightly so. A magically Irish tale, even when transferred to rural America. Frances McDormand, as Mildred Hayes, can only be the best actress of the last year.

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05/01/2018 by Peter Viney
Film reviews continue with HOSTILES, the latest candidate for the revival of Classic Westerns, starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike. The beginning of the year is usually the time when the best films are released the UK. This will be one of the best.

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31/12/2017 by Peter Viney
Review added of STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. My thoughts on Episode VIII.

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23/12/2017 by Peter Viney
My third set, BEST OF 2017 – SCREEN is now online. Follow the link.
My favourite film and TV of the year. A very personal choice.
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21/12/2017 by Peter Viney
My BEST OF 2017- MUSIC (FOLLOW LINK) is now online.
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19/12/2017 by Peter Viney
My round up “The Best of Theatre 2017″ is now live. Whether you saw them or not, this is a photo record of British theatre this year. Enjoy the vast variety in the pictures, all linked to the original reviews.
– Best Play (Shakespeare & Classical)
– Best play (Modern)
– Best actor
– best actress
– best supporting actor
– best supporting actress
– best set design
– best costume design
– best director
And the winner is …

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