A review of several events at the 2021 Greenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDIF). Theatre, dance and light installations: merely tasters of the full programme. Greenwich + Docklands International Festival I’m so excited that arts festivals have had a slightly easier time getting off the ground this year. Up next after this post is Open […]
A review of Constellations, currently on in a Donmar production at the Vaudeville Theatre with not one but four alternating casts. What better way to explore the multiverse than by exponentially multiplying the ‘what ifs’? “Everything You’ve Ever, And Never, Done.” Constellations is an interesting and pretty intellectual play. Written by Nick Payne and first […]
A review of When Darkness Falls, now on at the Park Theatre. A ghostly tale which improves as it reaches its spooky climax. When Darkness Falls There are a couple of ghost stories on stage in London at the moment – as well as this paranormal offering at the Park Theatre, there is 2.22: A […]
A review of As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe. My first time as a groundling in many years, and certainly since the pandemic. I’m getting too old for this… A Late Summer Trip To The Globe I have made the most of the reopening season at the Globe; as well as a guided tour, […]
A bold way for the Young Vic to reopen post-lockdown, Changing Destiny is a foray into storytelling, speaking to us across 4,000 years of history. The Story of Sinuhe Many of us have probably not heard of Sinuhe. He is a character from a story thousands of years old, from Egypt’s prosperous Middle Kingdom. The […]
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 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 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 […]
