I have never felt so posh in my life as on Saturday evening, when I stepped into a black cab at Liverpool Street and asked the cabbie to drive me to the Old Vic. The tube had massive delays and all Ubers had mysteriously vanished from the area, so I did what I had to do to avoid becoming the worse nightmare of all decent … Continue reading Review _Lungs_ The Old Vic
I’ve always found the circular auditorium of the Young Vic vaguely unsettling. Maybe it’s because it reminds me of an arena, it highlights what’s visceral and violent about the performance rather than having the usual neat divide between audience and stage, reality and fiction. Spoilers The stage for Blood Wedding highlights this sense of menace and threat. Adapted by Marina Carr and directed by Yaël … Continue reading Review _Blood Wedding_ Young Vic
After a couple of very busy days at work, I have to admit I wasn’t particularly looking forward to a play with a running time of three hours. On top of that, the subject matter didn’t promise a particularly cheerful evening. Despite my somewhat hesitant mood however, I quite enjoyed A Very Expensive Poison at the Old Vic. I have my reservations, but I’m happy … Continue reading Review _A Very Expensive Poison_ The Old Vic
Puppets! Singing! Dirty songs! Who thought puppets could be so not for children! Avenue Q is back in London on a leg of their tour and I went to watch it on Monday. It might just have been the best thing about Monday. Or the whole week. Or the whole month. You get the gist. Spoilers Contrary to my friends, who knew the songs and … Continue reading Review _Avenue Q_ Hackney Empire
You can always count on the Donmar for a thought-provoking, engaging evening at the theatre. Europe, a play written 25 years ago by David Greig and directed in its revival by Michael Longhurst, is no exception. Although it might not have been the best choice for that warm and sunny afternoon, I found it relevant, insightful and profoundly moving. Spoilers The stage is the empty … Continue reading Review _Europe_ Donmar Warehouse
It’s been 84 years… to quote an iconic line. I was lucky enough to see Present Laughter at the Old Vic while in the previews a few weeks ago, and I am as late as I could possibly be with this post. Nevertheless, during the monstrous time that took me to put together this review, I managed to read the original text by Noël Coward … Continue reading Review _Present Laughter_ The Old Vic
After the mixed feelings following The Birthday Party last year, I decided to give Pinter another chance with Betrayal this season. The fact that Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Cox were the lead actors was, naturally, completely coincidental. Spoilers Betrayal focuses on the relationship among three people, two of whom are married to each other, one of these is having an affair with the other, the … Continue reading Review _Betrayal_ Harold Pinter Theatre
I love reading books. I’ve loved reading books since before I even saw the inside of a theatre, since before I got into liking movies. One of my favourite authors is Neil Gaiman. For some reason his stories and his style captivate my imagination in a way that few other storytellers do. A couple of years ago I came across a copy of Good Omens: … Continue reading Tv series review _Good Omens_ Amazon Prime Video
I saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre on the first night of the previews, last week. I was very excited as I still remember the previous immersive play staged there, Julius Caesar last year, as one of the best Shakespeare’s productions I’ve ever seen. From the pit, it felt like the action was happening all around us, like we were in the … Continue reading Review _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ Bridge Theatre
Spoilers Did you know that in 1943 the British intelligence stole a corpse from a morgue, dressed it as a Capitan of the Royal Marines, dumped it into the Mediterranean Sea with a briefcase full of counterfeit documents and fooled the German into believing they would land in Sardinia when they were, in fact, planning to disembark on the shores of Sicily, which thanks to … Continue reading Review _Operation Mincemeat_ New Diorama Theatre
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