Tag: Pip Carter

Posted in Anton Chekhov David Hare National Theatre Theatre

Review: Young Chekhov – Platonov, National Theatre

  “Whatever you do, don’t rely on your own judgement. That’s the worst mistake you could make…

Posted in Anton Chekhov Chichester Festival Theatre David Hare Not-London Theatre UK

Review: The Seagull, Chichester Festival Theatre

  Didn’t feel much like writing about the Young Chekhov season today (or going to be quite…

Posted in Anton Chekhov Chichester Festival Theatre David Hare Not-London Theatre UK

Review: Platonov, Chichester Festival Theatre

  Didn’t feel much like writing about the Young Chekhov season today (or going to be quite…

Posted in David Hare TV

DVD Review: Salting the Battlefield

“It’s not a question of how it is, it’s a question of how it appears” Salting the…

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 Kevin Elyot LGBTQ+ TV

TV Review: Christopher and His Kind

“As far as I know, Lenin said nothing about buggery” I was told that I simply must…

Posted in Richard Eyre Shakespeare The Hollow Crown Theatre TV

TV Review: The Hollow Crown, Henry IV Part II

“I’ll tickle your catastrophe” I was mildly disappointed by the second instalment of The Hollow Crown, Henry…

Posted in Radio Plays Theatre

Review: Publish and Be Damn’d – The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson / Philip and Sydney, Radio 4

“What next, dear reader?” Every time I think I won’t bother listening to any more radio productions,…

Posted in Laura Wade Royal Court Theatre West End

Re-review: Posh, Duke of York’s Theatre

  “We’ve got some of the best sperm in the country in this room” The Royal Court…