Tag: Simon Shepherd
11 of my top moments in a theatre in 2017
As ever, the wait for the end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances has to continue until…
Review: Glorious, Frinton Summer Theatre
“If things don’t wobble when you walk, you should eat more dinner” Between Maureen Lipman in the…
Queer Theatre – a round-up
“There’s nowt so queer as folk” Only about a week behind schedule, I wanted to round up…
Review: Queer Theatre – Bent, National Theatre
#4 in the National Theatre’s Queer Theatre season of rehearsed readings “I love you… What’s…
Film Review: Henry V (1989)
”Customs curtsy to great kings” It is instructive to watch performances from Kenneth Branagh such as these,…
Review: Evening at the Talk House, National Theatre
“You have to want to care what’s going to happen to these characters” There’s a sequence towards…
Review: The Duck House, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
“Remember when we used to trust politicians” Although outrageous and audacious in its scope, the expenses scandal…
Review: Bracken Moor, Tricycle
“I think most of us are walking around in a sort of slumber really” With a revival…
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…
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