The Dresser
Plays about the inner working of a theatre tend to go one of two ways,…
Browsing: The Culturist
Carlos Acosta – The Classical Farewell
It’s agonizing to watch a dancer bid farewell – defined as it is by its…
Dinner at the Twits
‘What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays’, Roald Dahl announces plaintively at…
No’s Knife
The last time I was presented with a flickering eye projection before a show was…
A Room With a View
When a film adaptation of a novel becomes as renowned as Merchant Ivory’s A Room…
The ENO’s Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni has always been a problematic character. Is he a vile seducer and a…
The Libertine
‘Allow me to be frank at the commencement’, Dominic Cooper’s Lord Rochester states at the…
Hell or High Water
Sicario was one of 2015’s most pleasant, nerve-shredding surprises, unforgivingly directed by Denis Villeneuve, and…
Good Canary
It’s a truism that understanding the provenance of anything, particularly works of art, greatly enhances…
No Man’s Land
The West End is buzzing following the star-studded press night of Ian McKellen and Patrick…
The Rivals at Bristol Old Vic
It seems apt that in the Bristol Old Vic’s landmark 250th year they have chosen…
RSC’s The Alchemist
London has been hit by the plague and those lucky or wealthy enough have fled…