Tag: Trevor Cooper

Posted in Radio Plays Theatre

Radio Review: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen + Gracey and Me

“Is this the way to Macclesfield?” Books like Alan Garner’s The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Owl…

Posted in Film Mike Leigh

Film Review: Happy Go Lucky (2008)

“En-ra-ha, EN-RA-HA!” This was actually the first Mike Leigh film I saw at the cinema and I…

Posted in Philip Pullman TV

DVD Review: The Ruby in the Smoke

“I mean to have that ruby” The Ruby from the Smoke is the first in a series…

Posted in DC Moore National Theatre Theatre

Review: The Swan, National Theatre

Second up in Double Feature 1 is DC Moore’s The Swan. Set in a South London pub,…

Posted in DC Moore National Theatre Sam Holcroft Theatre

Review: Double Feature 1, National Theatre

“We’re ready to go off-script now” Ever the contrarian, I took in Double Feature 1 at the…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre

Review: There is a War, National Theatre

Tom Basden’s There is a War makes for a more entertaining second half of Double Feature 2,…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre

Review: Double Feature 2, National Theatre

“We keep it loose, we stay chatty…we do not freak out” Switching it up a little for…

Posted in Almeida Theatre David Mamet Richard Bean Theatre

Review: House of Games, Almeida Theatre

“Now that’s what I call a therapeutic intervention” The Almeida plays host to the world premiere of…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Measure for Measure, Almeida Theatre

“Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it?” First things first: this has a double revolve,…