Tag: Kirsty Besterman

Posted in LGBTQ+ TV

TV Review: Vigil (Series 2)

Series 2 of Vigil comes to a rollicking good end, with Suranne Jones in great form “I…

Posted in Silent Witness TV

TV Review: Silent Witness Series 17

Series 17 of Silent Witness, in which the show feel very much still in transition, and we’re…

Posted in Alan Bennett Menier Chocolate Factory Patrick Marber Theatre Theatre review

Review: Habeus Corpus, Menier Chocolate Factory

Alan Bennett’s Habeus Corpus gets a belated revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Stuck in the past,…

Posted in Jack Thorne Lin-Manuel Miranda Philip Pullman Phoebe Waller-Bridge TV

TV Review: His Dark Materials, Series 2

No spoilers, but the second series of His Dark Materials is a continued absolute triumph “Your duty…

Posted in Charlene James Chris Chibnall Doctor Who TV Vinay Patel

TV Review: Doctor Who Series 12

Series 12 of Doctor Who goes hard on what we think we know about the Time Lord…

Posted in Cheek By Jowl Chris Bush David Mamet Duncan Macmillan Finborough Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Lin-Manuel Miranda Mike Leigh Musicals National Theatre Nick Payne Propeller Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Royal Court Shakespeare Theatre Tom Wells West End Wilton's Music Hall Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

10 of my top moments of the decade

Ever behind the curve, I present 10 of my top moments in a theatre over the last…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Theatre

Review: They Drink It In The Congo, Almeida Theatre

  “Give me the history of the Congo in four and a half minutes” There’s an ingenious…

Posted in Blanche McIntyre Theatre Tom Stoppard

Review: Arcadia, Churchill Theatre Bromley

“When we have found all the mysteries and lost all the meaning, we will be alone on…

Posted in Blanche McIntyre Noël Coward Richmond Theatre Theatre

Review: Tonight at 8.30 – Dancing, Richmond Theatre

“But if at last we’re able to smile We’ll prove it was all worth while”   And…