19/06/2016 by Peter Viney
Let us hope sanity prevails and we look into the future for our young people (while remembering an unprecedented 71 years of peace in Western Europe). No, the 1947 map of a world with swathes of pink for the British Empire is no longer there, though Messrs Gove, Johnson and Farage think that’s how the world should be. In the last election people had an opportunity to vote for UKIP, and they chose not to. Then a whole bunch of Conservatives who were voted in AGAINST UKIP candidates switched sides. It’s totally wrong. In my first political statement here, VOTE REMAIN.
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16/06/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of First Light, a new play by Mark Hayhurst, at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. It is the story of two deserters, “shot at dawn” during the Battle of The Somme in 1916. A terrific and deeply moving play.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amelda Brown, Andrew Westfield, Andrew Woodall, David Moorst, Jonathan Munby, Kelly Price, Mark Hayhurst, Paul Wills, Phil Davis, Sam Phillips, Tom Gill | Leave a Comment »
09/06/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of the West Country Tour of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. A fast, fresh and lively production, and a counterpoint to all the major no expense spared productions this year by the RSC, Globe and BBC.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christopher Scott, Eleanor House, Ellis Duffy, Emily Williams, Georgia Frost, Laura Soper, Rudophe Mdlongwa | Leave a Comment »
08/06/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of Ross (LINKED) by Terence Rattigan at Chichester Festival Theatre. This play about Lawrence of Arabia comes on the centenary of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916. Directed by Adrian Noble. An unmissable production starring Joseph Fiennes.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adrian Noble, Joseph Fiennes, Michael Feast, Paul Freeman, Peter Polycarpou, Terence Rattigan | Leave a Comment »
31/05/2016 by Peter Viney
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Elaine Paige, Elliot Levey. Bernard Cribbins, Hiran Abeysekera, John Hannah, Kate Kennedy, Matt Lucas, Matthew Tennyson, Maxine Peake, Nonso Anozie, Paapa Essedieu, Prisca Bakare, Richard Wilson, Russell T. Davies | Leave a Comment »
29/05/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of The Alchemist by Ben Jonson added. RSC production 2016, directed by Polly Findlay. Surprisingly, this one didn’t work for either of us.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Jonson, Ian Redford, Joshua McCord, Ken Nwosu, Mark Lockyer, Polly Findlay, Richard Leeming, Siobhan McSweeney, Tim Samuels | Leave a Comment »
29/05/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of the RSC production of Cymbeline, directed by Melly Still. An all-out production on set, costumes, direction, acting. A great version of this slightly obscure Shakespeare play, set in a dystopian future Britain after Brexit. And Rome (or the EU) seek tributes.A lot of gender switches too.
(left: Innogen, Cymbeline, right, Queen of Britain)
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bethan Cullinane, Gillian Bevan, Graham Turner, Hiran Abeyskera, James Clyde, James Cooney, Marcus Griffiths, Melly Still, Natalie Simpson, Oliver Johnstone | Leave a Comment »
24/05/2016 by Peter Viney
My “rant” on errors in works of current fiction continues as SLOPPY FICTION (linked) has been extended to include Bob Marshall-Andrews Camille and Paula Hawkins’ bestseller The Girl On The Train. They’re both at the end of the article.
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22/05/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of Emma Rice’s directorial debut as artistic director of The Globe, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (LINKED) in an innovative 21st century production full of comedy, dance, action … this is a Shakespeare play that can take new ideas, and it gets them!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged . Ewan Wardrop, Anjana Vasan, Ankur Bahl, Edmind Derrington, Emma Rice, Katy Owen, Lucy Thackeray, Meow Meow, Ncuti Gatwa, Zubin Varta | Leave a Comment »
21/05/2016 by Peter Viney
Review added of ROMEO & JULIET in the Kenneth Branagh Season, (LINKED)directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Richard Madden as Romeo, Lily James as Juliet, Meera Syal as The Nurse and (incredibly) Derek Jacobi as Mercutio. A production that defines a 5 star play for us, though the critics differ. Pictures now added.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christopher Oram, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Lilly James, Meera Syal, Patrick Doyle, Richard Madden | 2 Comments »
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