Tag: Finbar Lynch

Poster for the transfer of Girl from the North Country at the Noel Coward Theatre
Posted in Conor McPherson Musicals Theatre Theatre review West End

Re-review: Girl From The North Country, Noël Coward

“What did you expect?” After a hugely successful run at the Old Vic, Girl From The North…

Posted in August Wilson National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, National Theatre

“This is an empty world without the blues“ The title might be something of a misnomer in…

Posted in Film

Film Review: To Kill A King (2003)

“This is not war…” As with many historical films, it is easy to get caught up in…

Posted in Abi Morgan Film

Film Review: Suffragette (2015)

“You want me to respect the law? Then make the law respectable” Directed by Sarah Gavron and…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Barbican Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Theatre

Review: Antigone, Barbican

“I heard a voice, like the sound of sorrow After the huge success of A View From…

Posted in Alice Birch Barbican Theatre Caryl Churchill Curve Theatre Enda Walsh fosterIANs Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove James Graham Laura Wade Lyric Hammersmith Mike Bartlett Musicals Nick Payne Not-London Orange Tree Theatre Rona Munro Sarah Kane Southwark Playhouse Theatre

Looking ahead to 2015

I realise I’m just adding (belatedly) to the plethora of 2015 features already published but so many…

Posted in TV

DVD Review: Silk, Series 2

“People are saying you only made silk because you’re a woman and from Bolton” The joys of…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Theatre

Review: The Silence of the Sea, Donmar at Trafalgar Studios 2

“The sound of a man understanding…something” The final entry in the final year of the Resident Assistant…

Posted in Eugene O'Neill Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

Review: Desire Under The Elms, Lyric Hammersmith

“Ye make a slick pair of murderin’ turtle-doves” It’s been a slow but increasingly steady journey into…