Tag: Claire Benedict

Posted in TV Waking the Dead

TV Review: Waking the Dead Series 9

The ninth and final series of Waking the Dead works well as a brutal finale even if…

Posted in Film Shakespeare

DVD Review: Hamlet (2014)

“A man’s life’s no more than to say ‘one’” One of the main problems with the countless…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Jupiter Ascending / Seventh Son, or ‘What you had to do to win an Oscar in 2014’

“What in the hell is going on?”  It could just be a matter of coincidence but it does…

Posted in Manchester Theatre Awards Not-London Theatre Theatre awards UK

The 2014 Manchester Theatre Awards nominations

Best Actor Rob Edwards, in Duet For One and Separation, at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton Michael Hugo,…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Not-London Royal Exchange Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: Hamlet, Royal Exchange

“What a piece of work is a man”   The political may be largely subsumed into the…

Posted in Federico García Lorca Radio Plays Theatre

Radio review: Blood Wedding

“You have already thrown me away” Ted Hughes’ reworking of Blood Wedding first aired in 2008 and…

Posted in Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The Organist’s Daughter / Corrinne Come Back and Gone / The Patience of Mr Job

“We’re happy enough – what more can anyone ask from life?” Three short reviews for three short…