Category: Writers

Posted in Blanche McIntyre Digital Jessica Swale Shakespeare

The Complete Walk, from the comfort of your sofa #9

  “Man is a giddy thing” Much Ado About Nothing Quite a bold gambit here, as Jessica…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Nick Dear Not-London Theatre UK

Review: Dedication – Shakespeare and Southampton, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

“In the end, who knows what is true?” Nuffield’s commissioning of new writing that is connected to…

Posted in Jack Thorne TV

TV Review: National Treasure, Episode 1

  “Is he supposed to be nice?” Just a quickie to cover the first episode of this…

Posted in Print Room Tennessee Williams Theatre

Review: A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, Print Room

“Everyone is sensitive to something” Given the amount of writing that Tennessee Williams produced – not a…

Posted in Anton Chekhov David Hare National Theatre Theatre

Review: Young Chekhov – The Seagull, National Theatre

  “We should show life…as we see it in our dreams.” The Seagull may be the most…

Posted in Anton Chekhov David Hare National Theatre Theatre

Review: Young Chekhov – Ivanov, National Theatre

  “People think there’s something deep about despair. But there isn’t” With Platonov failing to even make…

Posted in Anton Chekhov David Hare National Theatre Theatre

Review: Young Chekhov – Platonov, National Theatre

  “Whatever you do, don’t rely on your own judgement. That’s the worst mistake you could make…

Posted in Lee Hall Musicals National Theatre Theatre

Review: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre

“Fuck the singing, we’re just gonna go mental” A hit in Edinburgh last summer and arriving at…

Posted in Not-London Royal Exchange Tennessee Williams Theatre UK

Review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Royal Exchange

“I don’t want realism, I want magic”   The thing is, if you’re going into a Sarah…