The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: theatre
The Visit #theatrereview
I can’t remember the last play I saw with two intervals. Some Shakespeare thingy I expect. Not that I can justify two ice creams so we took a box of sliced mangoes that makes me wonder if I’ll ever nail … Continue reading
Well… #theatrereview #thewelkin
I spent two days intermittently cold while one old boiler was replaced by another newer version. The gas fitter was local – from somewhere close to the Norfolk-Suffolk border. His accent was locally sourced too and easy on the ear. … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, review, theatre
Tagged review, the National Theatre, the Welkin, theatre
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Seven Sisters #theatre #film #review
When I was a youngster you’d be hard pressed to find me reading what back in the sixties were considered ‘girls’ books. Mallory Towers, that sort of thing. And especially something like Little Women. I vaguely knew the plot but, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, miscellany, review, theatre
Tagged Chekhov, film review, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, review, The Three Sisters, theatre
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Jellyfish – A Review and Thoughts On Differences #theatre #review #thoughtpiece
I am a product of my upbringing and environment and have lived through many changes in attitude and the acceptability of cultural memes and the understanding of how societal approaches can impact others adversely. Today there’s a storm around the … Continue reading
Posted in cricket, miscellany, review, theatre, thought piece
Tagged cricket, National Theatre, review, theatre, thought piece
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A Veritable -Nys Up #theatre #review #rutherfordandson
The National Theatre has a glorious tradition of quality revivals of previously obscure, not to say, ‘lost’ dramas and giving them the full deep tissue reincarnation. This play, Rutherford and Son which I initially took to be a main stage … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, review, theatre
Tagged National Theatre, play, review, rutherford and son, theatre
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Beetroot Drama
Pink. Good in the garden. Stereotyping in girls. Friday night at the National Theatre to see the female written, directed and acted Top Girls. Sunday lunch successfully introducing the joys of roast beetroot to my cousin’s 4 year old daughter. … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, review, theatre
Tagged caryl churchill, National Theatre, theatre review, top girls
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I’m Not Running #theatre #review
It’s a fine line to tread, as a playwright (or script writer generally), between penning a drama with a message and writing a polemic with ciphers and tropes galore. David Hare is, in my experience, a skilled craftperson who has … Continue reading
Pack Of Lies #theatre #review
When I was a child – in the 1960s – the world was a fairly easy to understand place. Food appeared without effort, Mum was tough, Dad fun, Brother horrid, Gran and Nana kind and chocolaty and our dog huge … Continue reading
Posted in review, theatre
Tagged chocolate menier factory, finty williams, Pack of Lies, play, review
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Listening To Another Allellujah! #theatre #review
I’m breathing hard. The hillside is a mass of tumbled rocks, like a set of ill-shaped marbles that some troll has just cast down the slope. If I could, I might hear the fall of water nearby, some rain swollen … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, review, theatre
Tagged Alan Bennett, allelujah, play, review, theatre
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