Tag: Stephen Kennedy

Posted in Film

Film Review: The Nan Movie (2022)

Jawdroppingly bad. The barely-known behind-the-scenes drama of The Nan Movie proves far more interesting than anything happening…

Posted in Silent Witness TV

TV Review: Silent Witness Series 19

Series 19 of Silent Witness sees the four-strong team click into gear whilst still not quite hitting…

Posted in TV

TV Review: The Salisbury Poisonings

Deeply sensitive writing and direction mean that The Salisbury Poisonings proves a powerfully effective treatment of the…

Posted in Film Patrick Marber Richard Eyre

Film Review: Notes on a Scandal (2006)

A marvellously against-type Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett score a huge hit in Notes on a Scandal…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Musicals Theatre Theatre review

Review: Sweet Charity, Donmar Warehouse

Nowhere near enough charm in this Sweet Charity for my liking. Josie Rourke’s farewell to the Donmar…

Posted in Old Vic Shakespeare Theatre

Review: King Lear, Old Vic

“’Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind” Though no spring chicken myself, I’m not quite…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre

Review: The Plough and the Stars, National Theatre

“Choke a chicken” Gruelling Irish dramas seem to pop up with some regularity at the National and…

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 Anton Chekhov Simon Stephens Theatre Young Vic

Not-a-Review: The Cherry Orchard, Young Vic

  I’d love to review Simon Stephens’ version of The Cherry Orchard at the Young Vic but Katie Mitchell’s…