Tag: Al Weaver

Posted in Film

Film Review: Love Is Thicker Than Water (2016)

A superlative cast can’t paper over the cracks of Love Is Thicker Than Water, a hokey and…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Secret State (2012)

With Lia Williams and Sylvestra Le Touzel both being badass in the cast, how could I not…

Posted in Lucy Kirkwood TV

TV Review: The Smoke (2014)

London’s Burning for the 21st century? The Smoke treads familiar ground in soapy nonsense set at a…

Posted in Film Mike Leigh

Film Review: Peterloo (2018)

I wanted to like Mike Leigh’s Peterloo, I really did… “You must be famished coming all the…

Posted in Harold Pinter Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: Pinter Four, Harold Pinter Theatre

Pinter Four serves up something of a difficult double bill at the Harold Pinter Theatre, but Bríd Brennan…

Posted in Mike Bartlett TV

TV Review: Press (BBC1)

Mike Bartlett’s Press has a fantastic company and big ambitions but is probably best enjoyed as feisty…

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2018 BroadwayWorld UK Awards Shortlist

Best Actor in a New Production of a Musical Alex Wadham, The Full Monty: The Musical, Old…

Posted in Mike Bartlett News TV

Cast of Mike Bartlett’s new TV show Press announced

  An ensemble cast of some of Britain’s hottest talent will portray the determined and passionate characters…

Posted in Shakespeare The Hollow Crown TV

TV Review: The Hollow Crown – The Wars of the Roses: 3. Richard III

“The king’s name is a tower of strength” The Hollow Crown reaches its climax with a solid…