Category: Theatre

Posted in Lee Hall Theatre Tom Stoppard West End

Review: Shakespeare in Love, Noël Coward Theatre

“What kind of man would you be without the theatre” I can’t lie – I had rather…

Posted in Film Tom Stoppard

Film Review: Shakespeare in Love (1998)

“Theatre is the handmaiden of the devil” With a theatrical version of Shakespeare in Love about to…

Posted in Film LGBTQ+ Richard Eyre

Film Review: Stage Beauty (2004)

“A woman playing a woman, where’s the trick in that”  Any film with Clare Higgins yelling ‘give…

Posted in Royal Court Theatre

Review: The Nether, Royal Court

“Just because it is virtual doesn’t mean it isn’t real” There are times when an age guidance…

Posted in Enda Walsh Film

Film Review: Chatroom (2010)

“We can get him online” After watching The Nether at the Royal Court, a chat with a…

Posted in Alan Bennett Not-London Theatre Theatre Royal Bath UK

Review: Kafka’s Dick, Theatre Royal Bath

“Hey, you look really depressed” I fly off on holiday in mere hours so the briefest of…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Not-London Peter Shaffer Theatre UK

Review: Amadeus, Chichester Festival Theatre

“I heard the voice of God…and it was the voice of an obscene child” Whilst the mere…

Posted in August Strindberg Chichester Festival Theatre Not-London Peter Shaffer Rebecca Lenkiewicz Theatre UK

Review: Miss Julie / Black Comedy, Minerva

 “Miss Julie is in complete denial about the whole thing” Something of a random double-bill – August…

Posted in Soho Theatre Theatre

Review: The Boss of it All, Soho Theatre

“We begin our story in Denmark. With an actor.” Given the publicity-garnering controversial nature of much of…