Closer
Patrick Marber’s Closer is one of the stand out plays of the 20th century and…
Browsing: The Culturist
Madam Butterfly
This Raymond Gubbay in-the-round production of one of Giacomo Puccini’s best loved operas was first…
The History Boys
Alan Bennett’s wise, witty play about schoolboys, education and sex was first staged at the…
Oscars 2015
It’s here! The 87th Academy Awards will be dished out on Sunday at LA’s Dolby…
Arcadia
After the truly shattering disappointment of Tom Stoppard’s newest play, The Hard Problem, it was…
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
If Pedro Almodóvar’s film of the same name hadn’t been quite such a success, I’m…
The Majestic Morricone
NICK HAMMOND is swept up by a sea-swell of romance at an evening in the…
Taken at Midnight
It’s unlikely that you would have heard of Hans Litten. Up until a few years…
The Ruling Class
Second-or-third rate productions of first-rate plays are, regrettably, an all too common occurrence in London…
Merlin in Northampton
Theatre for children is no small undertaking. Nick Hammond applauds a new play in a…
The Railway Children at King’s Cross
First produced by York Theatre Royal and the National Railway Museum, York in 2008, I…
A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year is the best film you’ve ever seen about the heating oil…