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Tag Archives: National Theatre
Week Twenty-three: 2022
We went to the theatre last week to see Middle at the National. As the name suggests, it’s the middle play of three. We missed the Beginning or the Start or the Commencement (I’ve not checked) which didn’t seem to … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, miscellany, theatre, thought
Tagged 2022, National Theatre, thought piece
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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
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
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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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When Absolutes Are Anything But…. #review #theatre
I’ve been having a ‘mare with ordering theatre tickets recently. For our last two trips I seem to have managed to order five tickets for each performance. Ordering four might have some logic in that we might take one or … Continue reading
Ugly lies the bone #theatre #review
Beauty is but skin deep, ugly lies the bone Beauty dies and fades away, but ugly holds its own This saying, source unknown is a take on one from the 17th century and resonates today, in our image obsessed culture … Continue reading
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Tagged National Theatre, play, review, ugly lies the bone
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Sunset at the Villa Thalia #review #theatre
My last trip to the theatre was ended with a cough that sounded much like the engine of my Honda 250 after I put it back together and found I had acquired two spare nut thingies. My companion told me … Continue reading
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Tagged National Theatre, review, Sunset at Villa Thalia
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T is for Theatreland #atozchallenge
London is one of the best places to enjoy live entertainment, never more so than its theatres. Theatreland around Leicester Square is where you would naturally aim though as I pointed out in N is for Nationals, the National Theatre is … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, challenge, London, miscellany, theatre
Tagged #atozchallenge, A to Z blogging challenge, London, National Theatre, theatre
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Jane Eyre – live and in lights
You’ve read the book. You’ve probably seen the film. Now you can take can the stage play. When the Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (bear with me here) first came out, it was written as a radio series. The Book, … Continue reading