Tag: Saskia Reeves

Posted in Almeida Theatre Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Almeida Theatre

Simon Russell Beale and Leo Bill shine in Joe Hill-Gibbins’ perfectly reimagined The Tragedy of King Richard…

Posted in David Hare LGBTQ+ TV

TV Review: Collateral

A truly stellar cast can’t quite convince me that we need another David Hare drama pontificating about…

Posted in Theatre Theatre review

Review: Curtains, Rose Theatre Kingston

As our ageing population continues to, well, age, Stephen Bill’s Curtains at the Rose Theatre Kingston puts…

Posted in Mark Gatiss TV

TV Review: Wolf Hall

“By the thrice-beshitten shroud of Lazarus” Peter Straughan’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall and…

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 Abi Morgan Royal Court Theatre

Review: The Mistress Contract, Royal Court

“Intimacy to you is one thing, to me another”  Regular sex without all the encumbrances of marriage,…

Posted in Digital Film Short Films

Short Film Review #19

The Knickerman from sonja phillips on Vimeo. Sonja Phillips’ The Knickerman is a bit of a bonkers…

Posted in Luther TV

TV Review: Luther Series 1

“You don’t need to be thinking about Alice Morgan right now” By the time that the television…

Posted in David Hare TV

DVD Review: Page Eight

“There’s a fine line between calculation and deceit” A rare foray into television for David Hare as…