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
Tag Archives: theatre
Murd Woddling #theatre #review
A few years ago we saw a James Cordon vehicle at the National – One Man, Two Guv’nors – which was a modern take on a Commedia dell’arte masterpiece by Goldoni. I say masterpiece with a little hesitation as the … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, review, theatre
Tagged Jack Absolute Flies Again, review, Sheridan, The Rivals, theatre
18 Comments
Translating Heroes #theatre
I saw a film in 1985 called Letter To Brezhnev. It was fairly popular but I doubt it travelled widely. It told of a romance between a Liverpudlian woman and Russian sailor and I might have imagined there would be … Continue reading
Week Nineteen: 2022
Theatre or cinema? Live or celluloid? I enjoy both but what separates one from the other is the quality of the enjoyment. And it might be the story, the acting, the setting or the company. And while I’ve been surprised … Continue reading
Posted in Film, gardening, miscellany, theatre, thought piece
Tagged 2022, Downton Abbey, film, theatre, thought piece
27 Comments
Your Obedient Servant #Hamilton
Down the years, absorbing the raft of artistic culture available in London: theatre, music, exhibitions, spoken word, comedy – I’ve worked out what I enjoy and what I find rather meah. I don’t get dance. Ballet especially feels like I’m … Continue reading
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
3 Comments
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
18 Comments
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
2 Comments
My Life In Film
The course of my life can be plotted in any number of ways: educational stages, jobs, friendships, family celebrations and so on. Today someone made me think about films and how the can pinpoint certain moments in one’s life. The … Continue reading
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
TanGental 