Tag: Paul Jesson

Posted in Digital Theatre

#AdventwithClowns Day 6 – Sitting

Today’s theatrical treat comes via the BBC, Katherine Parkinson’s delicately lovely play Sitting, which was filmed as…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Mike Bartlett Theatre West End

News: Mike Bartlett’s C O C K re-emerges in the West End

Taron Egerton, Jonathan Bailey, Jade Anouka and Phil Daniels have been announced as the cast of C O C…

Posted in Digital LGBTQ+ Mike Bartlett Not-London Theatre Theatre review

Review: Cock, Studio Theatre online

Streaming allows to me take in a transatlantic version of Mike Bartlett’s Cock, starring Queer as Folk’s…

Posted in The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown, Series 4

Whereas I was sad that the cast of The Crown had to regenerate at the end of…

Posted in RSC Theatre

Queens of the Royal Shakespeare Company – in pictures

Just wanted to spotlight this photo feature in the Guardian, looking at various Royal Shakespeare Company queens…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown, Series 4 Episodes 1-3

I ration myself to Episodes 1-3 of Series 4 of The Crown in the first instance but…

Posted in David Hare News Photos Theatre

News: Tristram Kenton’s stage archive – the David Hare edition

I’m loving this deep dive that the Guardian is doing  into Tristram Kenton’s archive, this time taking…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Chewing Gum (Series 1)

In the spirit of Black Lives Matters and an inspiration from Noma Dumezweni, I’m turning my attention…

Posted in Film Richard Eyre

Film Review: The Children Act (2017)

The neglect of Stanley Tucci aside, The Children Act does a decent job of bringing Ian McEwan’s…