There’s that iconic 90’s song by Crowded House - you remember it? - Always Take The Weather With You: whereas the song was not necessarily based on the central character of Pressure there is no doubt that Dr James Stagg was exactly that guy - someone who always took the weather with him. Even as a … [Read more...]
Review of Julie at The Lyttelton, Royal National Theatre
Kitchens. I’ve seen a few good ones at the National - thinking back a (good) bit to Ayckbourn’s A Small Family Business and more recently Nine Night in the Dorfman. But this kitchen, in Julie, is the biggest kitchen that you or I are ever likely to come across anytime, anywhere, anyhow. It’s … [Read more...]
Review of Return to the Forbidden Planet at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Forget R2-D2, forget C-3PO, forget BB-8 and even forget Daleks: if you want the real deal in robotic action then you won’t do any better than getting along to Upstairs @ the Gatehouse for the superlative production of Bob Carlton’s wondrous sci-fi/pop-classic/Bardoramic musical Return To The … [Read more...]
Interview with Neil Gore Writer/Performer We Are The Lions Mr. Manager
We Are The Lions Mr. Manager returns to Tara Arts next week, after a long, well-supported tour all over the country, before it heads off to the Brighton Festival to conclude its run. Writer/Performer Neil Gore tells me that it’s been a palpably intensive but very rewarding run with audiences … [Read more...]
Review of Nine Night at the National Theatre | Dorfman Theatre
What a send-off! Nine nights of mourning which include music (loud), dancing (wild), rum, special bakings, rum, poems, more rum and a clear determination to have a great time: great for everyone - except perhaps the neighbours. If this were a sport it would be classified as “extreme mourning” and … [Read more...]
Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre: A Summer Pop-Up in York
Love, Laughter, Revenge and Murder. Fancy some of that? If so then pop up to Yorkshire this summer and go to Europe’s first Pop-Up theatre for what promises to be a delicious programme of Shakespeare classics. The Rose Theatre is literally going to pop up in the carpark next to historic Clifford’s … [Read more...]
Harold and Maude is ‘a theatrical masterpiece’ at Charing Cross Theatre
Death: it’s a strange and grisly subject for a play. But in Harold and Maude we have a genial, funny, uplifting and rejuvenating show that warms the cockles of our hearts and sends us on our way to face the world with a spring in our step and just a little extra love in our souls. And that is not … [Read more...]