Category Archives: theatre

The Visit #theatrereview

Posted on Feb 16, 2020 by TanGental

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 →

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Well… #theatrereview #thewelkin

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 by TanGental

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 →

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Seven Sisters #theatre #film #review

Posted on Jan 10, 2020 by TanGental

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 →

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Jellyfish – A Review and Thoughts On Differences #theatre #review #thoughtpiece

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 by TanGental

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 →

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A Veritable -Nys Up #theatre #review #rutherfordandson

Posted on May 30, 2019 by TanGental

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 →

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Beetroot Drama

Posted on Apr 16, 2019 by TanGental

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 →

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I’m Not Running #theatre #review

Posted on Dec 5, 2018 by TanGental

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 →

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Telling Tales #stories #nationaltheatre #review

Posted on Nov 24, 2018 by TanGental

I’ve been suffering with a tooth issue which recently has been bugging me. And as with most aches in my life it emanated from the school of the absurd. I damaged my tooth biting on a baked potato skin. The … Continue reading →

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Pack Of Lies #theatre #review

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 by TanGental

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 →

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Listening To Another Allellujah! #theatre #review

Posted on Aug 4, 2018 by TanGental

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 →

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