The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Franchises are hard. On the good ship Harry Potter, they had to anchor what they…
Browsing: The Culturist
In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play
“Sex sells – which is presumably why Channel 4 commissioners and London theatre producers are serving up countless salacious offerings for our wanton delectation.”
Strangers on a Train
Laurence Fox and Jack Huston star in this on-stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel and Hitchcock’s cinematic masterpiece…Strangers on a Train…
Twelve Angry Men
“Reginald Rose’s 1955 play has been something of a standby in the half-century since it was first performed, going through several different versions and interpretations. “
Philomena
“Ah-ha!” An exclamation that you won’t hear in this film. In Michael Winterbottom’s sublime The…
Mozart Deconstructed: McBurney’s Magic Flute
Larry reviews the ENO’s latest production of The Magic Flute, by actor and theatre director, Simon McBurney…
Mrs Lowry and Son
“I am a man who paints. Nothing more nothing less. I paint what I see. I paint how I feel.” Allana reviews the new stage production…
Gravity
There aren’t many things that are genuinely frightening in the cinema. Horror films? Forget it.…
Rambert Triple Bill at Sadler’s Wells
“Contemporary dance often has to fight a bad rep: too vague, rambling, and often pointless verging on the ridiculous. Rambert usually avoids this…”
From Here to Eternity
Those who love a good musical are being treated to one of the most exciting seasons for some years, as two of the greatest living legends of musical theatre, Sir Tim Rice and Lord Lloyd Webber, go head to head with new musicals opening within a matter of weeks of each other.
Chin-Chin
“First performed in 1959 to great acclaim, and translated into 19 languages, this Bill Kenwright revival is acted to perfection by Felicity Kendal and Simon Callow.”
The Artist: Live in Concert
The Royal Albert Hall will open its doors this New Year’s Eve for the first…