Tag: Finbar Lynch

Posted in Shakespeare The Hollow Crown Theatre TV

TV Review: The Hollow Crown Part I, Richard II

“Take honour from me and my life is done” And so finally it arrives, the culmination of…

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Review: The Duchess of Malfi, Old Vic

“I account this world a tedious theatre, for I do play a part in’t ‘gainst my will”…

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DVD Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC 1996)

“Thou art translated” Perhaps at the time, this 1996 RSC adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by…

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Shows I am looking forward to in 2012

Though the temptation is strong, and the actuality may well prove so, I don’t think I will…

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2010 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Rachel Weisz – A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse  Alison Steadman – Enjoy at…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre Philip Ridley Theatre

Review: The Fastest Clock in the Universe, Hampstead Theatre

“Fuck the milk of human kindness…welcome to the abattoir” It’s a wonder anyone still lives in East…

Posted in Brian Friel Old Vic Theatre

Review: Dancing at Lughnasa, Old Vic

Still utilising the in-the-round format introduced for The Norman Conquests, the Old Vic now hosts the first…

Posted in Harold Pinter National Theatre Theatre

Review: The Hothouse, National Theatre

Pinter is one of those playwrights who I know I ought to like but I’ve never really…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: As You Desire Me, Playhouse Theatre

A study of memory and identity and how truth is often just relative, Luigi Pirandello’s As You…