Tag: Sir Ian McKellen

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre News Shakespeare Theatre

Casting for Chichester’s King Lear announced

“Reason not the need” The world is hardly crying for more productions of King Lear but if…

Posted in LGBTQ+ National Theatre Readings Theatre Theatre review

Queer Theatre – a round-up

“There’s nowt so queer as folk” Only about a week behind schedule, I wanted to round up…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Martin Sherman National Theatre Readings Theatre

Review: Queer Theatre – Bent, National Theatre

  #4 in the National Theatre’s Queer Theatre season of rehearsed readings   “I love you… What’s…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Digital

Figures of Speech, a major new digital project by the Almeida Theatre

Ever pioneers in pushing the boundaries of theatrical enterprise (to wit, the durational readings of The Iliad…

Posted in Chris Chibnall Doctor Who LGBTQ+ Mark Gatiss Steven Moffat TV

Countdown to new Who: Doctor Who Series 7

“It is known that the Doctor requires companions” Right – the first season that I haven’t rewatched…

Posted in Film Musicals

Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)

“Tale as old as time” It’s taken me a little time to get round to writing this…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Annie Baker Florian Zeller Jack Thorne James Graham Kenneth Branagh Lee Hall Musicals Nick Payne Olivier Awards Simon Stone Tennessee Williams Theatre Theatre awards Tom Stoppard West End

2017 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Palace Elegy – Donmar Warehouse The Flick…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music

Album Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017) – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

“How could anyone be gloomy and depressed? We’ll make you shout ‘encore!’” The live action remake of…

Posted in Film YouTube

An assortment of Beauty and the Beast video clips

In advance of Beauty and the Beast opening in cinemas across the UK next Friday, here’s just…