Tag: Matthew Beard

Posted in TV

TV Review: Magpie Murders

With Lesley Manville in a starring role, I was always going to watch Magpie Murders and naturally,…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Magpie Murders / Hotel Portofino

In which I sample the first episodes of new Britbox series Magpie Murders and Hotel Portofino “Do…

Posted in Film

Film review: the Johnny English trilogy

Johnny English, Johnny English Reborn and Johnny English Strikes Again prove ideal brainless festive watching “I’ve been…

Posted in Mark Gatiss Steven Moffat TV

Not-a-TV Review: Dracula

Three feature-length episodes of a new take on Dracula prove an indulgence too far “One can have…

Posted in Mark Gatiss Steven Moffat TV

TV Review: Dracula, Episode 1

I get through Dracula, mainly due to the #Heffklaxon but there’s some issues to address moving forward……

Posted in Eugene O'Neill Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Wyndham’s Theatre

Has Lesley Manville ever been better? She scorches through a beautiful production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night…

Posted in Abi Morgan Anton Chekhov Arthur Miller Beth Steel Bristol Old Vic Donmar Warehouse Eugene O'Neill fosterIANs Gate Theatre Hampstead Theatre Hope Theatre Musicals National Theatre Peter Gill Peter Shaffer Robert Icke Rory Mullarkey Royal Exchange Samuel Beckett Shakespeare Sheffield Theatres Theatre

20 shows to look forward to in 2018

There’s all sorts of big productions arriving in the months to come (Long Day’s Journey Into Night,…

Posted in Film

Film Review: An Education (2009)

“Silly schoolgirls are always getting seduced by glamorous older men, but what about you two?” Lone Scherfig’s…

Posted in Broadway Not-London Theatre Theatre awards Tony Awards

69th Tony Award nominations

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play  Steven Boyer – Hand to God as Jason/Tyrone…