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Twelfth Night- Globe 2017 review

25/05/2017 by Peter Viney

Review added of The Globe 2017 production of Twelfth Night, directed by Emma Rice. Bound to be controversial, hugely entertaining. LINK: Twelfth Night – Globe 2017

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Before The Party review

12/05/2017 by Peter Viney

Review of Before The Party by Rodney Ackland at Salisbury Playhouse. The play is taken from a Somerset Maugham short story, though that only provides a central thread. Most of it was created by Ackland in 1949. It’s very funny, very well produced too. Running to the end of May.

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King Charles III – TV version

10/05/2017 by Peter Viney

A short review added of the BBC2 TV version of King Charles III  broadcast on 10th May 2017. The main purpose is to compare it with the 2014 theatrical version of King Charles III at the Almeida Theatre then in the West End. The theatrical version also went to Broadway.

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Forty Years On – Review

06/05/2017 by Peter Viney

Review of Alan Bennett’s Forty Years On at Chichester Festival Theatre, featuring Richard Wilson as The Headmaster. A huge cast … five teachers, ten “professional” pupils (who also play music) and a local addition of FIFTY-TWO extras as schoolkids. It’s set in 1968, and was Alan Bennett’s first play. A great production in all areas.

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Bob Dylan, May 2017 review

04/05/2017 by Peter Viney

Review of Bob Dylan at the Bournemouth International Centre. At last the Songbook stuff made sense to me. A very good show … far better than I had expected.

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The Ferryman – review

04/05/2017 by Peter Viney

We had a bit of a disaster with The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth, and missed Act One of three. That’s an hour. We caught the next two acts, and it made complete sense and was one of the best plays I’ve seen since I started this blog … and that’s at two-thirds only!  It is sold out at the Royal Court, but is moving to the West End.

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The Unthanks, 2017 Tour

03/05/2017 by Peter Viney

The Unthanks 2017 tour is entitled How Wild The Wind Blows and is devoted entirely to the songs and poems of Molly Drake, the mother of Nick Drake, who recorded her songs at home in the 1950s during Nick Drake’s childhood. Review of Southampton, Turner Sims Concert Hall on 2nd May 2017 is added.

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The Miser – review

29/04/2017 by Peter Viney

Review of Moliére’s The Miser in a free adaptation by Sean Foley & Phil Porter. With Griff Rhys-Jones, Lee Mack, Matthew Horne and Ryan Gage. Hugely entertaining.

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Obsession review

28/04/2017 by Peter Viney

Ivo van Hove has adapted Visconti’s 1943 film Obsession  (LINKED) into a stage play, starring Jude Law at the Barbican, London. Review here.

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Pygmalion – review

25/04/2017 by Peter Viney

Review of Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. A West Yorkshire / Headlong / NST co-production. This is a modern dress version with film, mics, loads of technology and unusual ideas … but … it wasn’t for me.

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