Tag: John Macmillan

Posted in Federico García Lorca Simon Stone Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016 Young Vic

Review: Yerma, Young Vic

“We used to have a life.  We have each other and my empty womb” It’s Yerma yes,…

Posted in Annie Baker Barbican Theatre Bristol Old Vic Caryl Churchill Federico García Lorca fosterIANs Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Jessica Swale Lyric Hammersmith Martin Sherman Musicals New Diorama Nick Payne Not-London Orange Tree Theatre Royal Court Royal Exchange Sarah Kane Shakespeare Simon Stone Southwark Playhouse Terry Johnson The Faction Theatre Theatre503 Young Vic

20 shows to look forward to in 2016

2016 is nearly upon and for once, I’ve hardly anything booked for the coming year and what…

Posted in Harold Pinter Jamie Lloyd Theatre West End

Review: The Homecoming, Trafalgar Studios

“You wouldn’t understand my works. You wouldn’t have the faintest idea of what they were about. You wouldn’t…

Posted in Film

DVD Review: Hanna

 “Hanna, what did your mum die of? ‘Three bullets’”  I have a deal of affection for Joe…

Posted in Radio Plays Theatre

Radio Review: The Boy At The Back / Chiwawa / Silk: The Clerks’ Room, Jake

“Literature doesn’t teach us anything” Juan Mayorga’s The Boy At The Back turned out to be one…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Silk, Series 3

“It’s not what any of you want” And so it ends. A little unexpectedly, it was announced…

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 TV

DVD Review: Silk, Series 1

“245 women silks ever, out of tens of thousands” I do love a legal drama and so…

Posted in Ian Charleson Award Theatre awards

The 2009 Ian Charleson Awards

First prize Ruth Negga, for Aricia in Phèdre (National Theatre) Second prize Max Bennett, for Claudio in Measure for Measure (Theatre…