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Posted in John Logan Penny Dreadful TV

TV Review: Penny Dreadful Season 3

“Why would the devil be interested in you?” And so the penny drops, John Logan’s Penny Dreadful…

Posted in Shakespeare The Hollow Crown TV

TV Review: The Hollow Crown – The Wars of the Roses: 1. Henry VI Part 1

“I would his troubles were expired” The Hollow Crown rises again. Four years on from the first…

Posted in Penny Dreadful TV

TV Review: Penny Dreadful Season 3 Episode 1

“The cycle goes on, the snake eating its own tail” The focus may be elsewhere with regards…

Posted in Alan Bennett Film National Theatre Theatre

Film Review: The Lady in the Van

“You wouldn’t see Harold Pinter pushing vans down the street” It is more than 15 years since…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse James Graham LGBTQ+ Mark Gatiss TV

TV Review: The Vote, Donmar Warehouse via All4

  “This after all has been a very careful election”  A fascinating experiment from James Graham and…

Posted in Film

Film Review: I Give It A Year (2013)

“Is it possible that some people just aren’t supposed to be married” Joseph Millson having a threesome…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Nick Dear Theatre

Review: The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, Almeida Theatre

(With huge apologies to all concerned, especially to Alfred Lord Tennyson, this is to be read to…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Bijan Sheibani Federico García Lorca Theatre

Review: The House of Bernarda Alba, Almeida Theatre

“They are women without men, that’s all” The list of actresses whom I adore is forever growing…

Posted in Almeida Theatre August Strindberg Barbican Theatre Federico García Lorca fosterIANs Gilbert and Sullivan Ivor Novello John Webster Martin Crimp Musicals Not-London Old Vic Theatre Union Theatre West End

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…