A review of The Two Character Play, a Tennessee Williams play which originally premiered right here at the Hampstead Theatre. But was I going mad, or was the play? The Two Character Play – A Late Work By Tennessee Williams I knew very little about The Two Character Play going into this. Just a brief […]
A review of Nina Raine’s new play Bach & Sons, on at the Bridge Theatre and starring Simon Russell Beale. I learned a lot, despite wondering what the ‘point’ of the play was at times. A Learned Play About A Learned Man Long-time readers know that I don’t know a whole lot about classical music […]
A review of a visit to the Horniman Museum, including their temporary exhibition An Ode to Afrosurrealism. In which I think the Horniman have done a pretty good job of modernising the ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’/ethnographic museum format. Tell Me About The Horniman Museum So the Horniman Museum is interesting in terms of London’s museum landscape. […]
A review of Bagdad Cafe, a vibrant play which reopens the Old Vic. The mood will stay with me longer than the story, but a fun evening nonetheless. From The Californian Desert To The Old Vic Sometimes I think that if my knowledge of films were better, I wouldn’t have so many surprises when going […]
A review of Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle, a photography retrospective with a political and indigenous rights agenda. Beautiful and haunting, Andujar’s work is more important now than it has been in several decades. Who Are The Yanomami? “Ah yes, the Yanomami” said my other half when I came home after seeing this exhibition. “Everyone […]
A review of the RA’s new show of iPad paintings by David Hockney. I found them to be pleasant but not something I would write home about. David Hockney: Still Going Strong The Royal Academy have been a steady contributor to London’s exhibition scene in the last year despite all the trials and tribulations of […]
A review of The Tempest at the Globe Theatre. My first time seeing the play, and a fine production at that. The Tempest I have seen a few works by Shakespeare recently, but mostly old favourites. Firstly I saw a multimedia take on Romeo & Juliet from Creation Theatre/Watford Palace Theatre. Next I saw A […]
Not one, but two outings to the National Theatre in quick succession, as I see After Life and Under Milk Wood. Top Notch Entertainment From The National Theatre I had been excited about coming to see Under Milk Wood for a while. And slightly kicking myself that I hadn’t been fast enough to get tickets […]
A review of the V&A’s Alice in Wonderland-themed summer exhibition. A blockbuster without the crowds (at least when I visited)! Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser This exhibition at the V&A has been highly anticipated. Including by me, who had tickets earlier in the year which I had to reschedule when dates kept shifting. So it was […]
A review of …cake, a new play by babirye bukilwa on now at Theatre Peckham. This is a play that wears its intersectional heart on its sleeve, but initial strengths shine less brightly in a more charged second half. …cake – Posing Challenging Questions …cake is a play unlike others that I have seen recently […]
