Category: Alan Bennett

Posted in Alan Bennett Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Not-London Sarah Kane Sheffield Theatres Theatre UK

September theatre news, the UK version

Chichester Festival Theatre has announced their Autumn plans and it looks to be a good’un. It includes:…

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News: the Bridge Theatre plots an autumn season of monologues

The Bridge Theatre has announce a repertoire of twelve one-person plays during September and October, using the theatre’s…

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TV Review: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

“Her mother was blind but made beautiful pastry” Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads gets remade and added to…

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News: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads returns to TV

Along with the rest of theatreland, I’m already over-excited and impatient for all of these. Filming begins…

Posted in Alan Bennett Mark Gatiss Not-London Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Theatre review UK

Review: The Madness of George III, Nottingham Playhouse

I like almost everything about The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse Theatre apart from the…

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Review: Allelujah!, Bridge Theatre

With Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre, the return of Alan Bennett leaves me less than enthused  “Still,…

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Film Review: The Lady in the Van

“You wouldn’t see Harold Pinter pushing vans down the street” It is more than 15 years since…

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Radio Review: Denmark Hill / Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight / The Day We Caught The Train

“I have to write an essay on Shakespeare’s view of the family, it’s a bugger” Denmark Hill is…

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Review: Kafka’s Dick, Theatre Royal Bath

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