Tag: John Shrapnel

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Film Review: 101 Dalmatians (1996)

“If we make this coat, it would be as if I was wearing your dog” One of…

Posted in Kenneth Branagh Terence Rattigan Theatre West End

Review: Harlequinade / All On Her Own, Garrick Theatre

“Which text are you using?” Part of Kenneth Branagh’s opening salvo as his year-long residency at the…

Posted in Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare Theatre West End

Review: The Winter’s Tale, Garrick Theatre

“I do feel it gone, But know not how it went” Perhaps one of the biggest lures…

Posted in Kenneth Branagh Theatre West End

Preview: The Kenneth Branagh Company

The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company officially open their year-long residency next week so here’s a cheeky little…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Not-London Royal Exchange Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: Hamlet, Royal Exchange

“What a piece of work is a man”   The political may be largely subsumed into the…

Posted in Digital Film Mike Leigh Short Films

Short Film Review #37

Method Actor from Justin Stokes on Vimeo. A monologue by the silken-voiced John Shrapnel is something to…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Not-London Theatre UK

Review: A Number, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

“Are you my father?” After the Menier’s version which starred Timothy and Sam West, the Nuffield uses…

Posted in Kenneth Branagh Manchester International Festival Not-London Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: Macbeth, St Peter’s Church Manchester

“Thou call’st thyself a hotter name than any is in hell” One of the big ticket numbers…

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Film Review: The Awakening (2011)

“This is a time for ghosts” Released at the end of last year, The Awakening seemed to…