Category: Writers

Posted in John Webster Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

Review: Secret Theatre 4, Lyric Hammersmith

 “You clandestine peasant. ‘You curdled cock’” Much of the buzz about Secret Theatre was the fact that…

Posted in Charles Dickens Not-London Theatre UK

Review: A Tale of Two Cities, Royal & Derngate

“Repression is the only lasting philosophy” Although not intentionally, this year I’ve been racing through the list…

Posted in David Lindsay-Abaire Hampstead Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2014

Review: Good People, Hampstead Theatre

“I never had anyone watching from a window for me. You got lucky.” As if there was…

Posted in Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig Rachel De-lahay Rebecca Lenkiewicz Royal Court Theatre Tom Wells

Review: Unusual Unions, Royal Court

There’s something special about being allowed to take part in something unique and though Unusual Unions actually…

Posted in Charlotte Jones Radio Plays Theatre

Radio Review: Pride and Prejudice, Radio 4

“I think the temptations will be too strong in Brighton”  Just a quickie for this 3 hour…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Conor McPherson Duncan Macmillan Henrik Ibsen John Logan Kander + Ebb Lucy Kirkwood Mark Gatiss Moira Buffini Musicals Nick Payne Noël Coward Olivier Awards Robert Icke Shakespeare Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards

2014 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – Almeida / Harold Pinter 1984 by George Orwell, adapted…

Posted in Arcola Theatre Barney Norris Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2014

Review: Visitors, Arcola Theatre

“If I could choose any life, I don’t think I’d have things very different from this” Angela…

Posted in Federico García Lorca Film Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The House of Bernarda Alba (Radio 2014/ DVD 1991)

 “To be born a woman is the worst punishment”  The ominous funeral bell tolling throughout the opening…

Posted in Noël Coward Theatre West End

Not-a-Review: Blithe Spirit, Gielgud Theatre

“I long ago came to the conclusion that nothing has ever been definitely proved about anything “…