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Review: Essence, VAULT Festival

Just a quickie for this as it felt a bit more work-in-progress than much else I’ve seen…

Posted in Last Tango in Halifax TV

TV Review: Last Tango in Halifax, Series 5 Episode 1

Sally Wainwright’s Last Tango in Halifax returns in fine form for its fifth series, making Sunday nights…

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TV Review: Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2015)

With the eroticism dialled right down, Lady Chatterley’s Lover ends up leaving me disappointed “I wondered what…

Posted in Theatre Theatre review VAULT Festival

Review: Nearly Human, VAULT Festival

This ain’t your regular brass band… Perhaps Contraption’s wonderfully different Nearly Human is a triumph at the…

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February news round-up

Lots to catch up on so here’s a quick round-up of some upcoming concerts and events that…

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TV Review: The Split Series 2

Despite a fabulous returning cast, Series 2 of The Split is classy-looking tosh. Very watchable but tosh…

Posted in Theatre Theatre review VAULT Festival

Review: Dual دوگانه, VAULT Festival

Peyvand Sadeghian tests the limits of what a one-person show can achieve in the achingly personal Dual…

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News: the National Theatre announces 9 new productions for 2020-21

Lots of exciting news coming out of the National Theatre today, including actors Nicola Walker, Giles Terera…

Posted in Anton Chekhov Inua Ellams National Theatre Theatre

Not-a-re-review: Three Sisters, National Theatre

“The son is today what the father was yesterday” I don’t have anything more to say about…