Tag: Dame Judi Dench

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TV Review: The Vote, Donmar Warehouse via All4

  “This after all has been a very careful election”  A fascinating experiment from James Graham and…

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Short Film Review #58 – The Joy of Six

  The Joy of Six     Six short films packaged together on a handy single DVD…

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Review: Ghosts via Digital Theatre (plus thoughts on the filming of theatre more generally)

“You have no idea what this has cost me” There’s something a little ironic about the fact…

Posted in Mark Ravenhill TV

TV Review: Vicious

“I never know when I’m going too far but I’m always so glad when I do.” It…

Posted in Film

DVD Review: Pride and Prejudice (2005)

   “A Mrs Bennett, a Miss Bennett, a Miss Bennett and a Miss Bennett, sir.” I deliberately…

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

Film Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

“You won’t see better for your grey pound” The opening quarter of John Madden’s film The Best…

Posted in Film Martin Sherman

Film Review: Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

 “I’m bored with widowhood” As the aristocratic Lady Conway, Thelma Barlow’s amusing run through the options open…

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2014 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

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