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The third Hyde Park review is Louise Goffin (FOLLOW LINK), Carole King’s daughter.

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Follow link to my full review of Carole King in Hyde Park, doing the whole of Tapestry for the first time. An incredible concert.

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Link to my review of DON HENLEY in Hyde Park, 3rd July 2016. Superb outdoor concert as part of BST Summerfest.

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Review of Rupert Goold’s production of Richard III at the Almeida Theatre, (FOLLOW LINK) with Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave. The cast is as good as anyone could assemble in 2016.

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Review of Noel Coward’s PRESENT LAUGHTER (linked) with Samuel West and Phylliss Logan, Bath Theatre Royal.

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Review of WATERSHIP DOWN, (FOLLOW LINK) adapted for the stage from Richard Adams’ book by Rona Munro. Staged at the wonderful Watermill Theatre, and featuring Edward Bennett.

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Michael Frayn’s classic 1982 backstage farce Noises Off in its 2016 production directed by Blanche McIntyre. It’s a Nuffield, Southampton, Nottingham Playhouse and Northern Stages joint production.

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Remain!

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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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.

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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.

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