Tag: Jonathan Livingstone

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Young Vic

Review: Hamlet, Young Vic

Cush Jumbo is excellent, and there’s a great Ophelia, but do we really need another Hamlet? Three…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Gate Theatre Hampstead Theatre Morgan Lloyd Malcolm News Noël Coward Not-London Royal Court Shakespeare Sheffield Theatres Theatre West End Young Vic

August casting update

  Linda Bassett and John Heffernan have been cast in Caryl Churchill’s new play What If If Only,…

Posted in Film

Film review: The Witches (2020)

Robert Zemeckis takes on Roald Dahl’s The Witches for a new spin but loses his purpose pretty…

Posted in Jack Thorne Jasmine Lee-Jones Marina Carr Stef Smith Steve Waters Theatre Young Vic

Happy 50th Birthday to the Young Vic

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, has announced the start of the Young Vic’s 50th birthday…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Chewing Gum (Series 2)

Series 2 of Chewing Gum sees Michaela Coel nail the ‘two series and out’ trajectory of some…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Chewing Gum (Series 1)

In the spirit of Black Lives Matters and an inspiration from Noma Dumezweni, I’m turning my attention…

Posted in Bryony Lavery National Theatre News Richard Bean Shakespeare Theatre

News: National Theatre announces National Theatre at Home

National Theatre announces National Theatre at Home, starting with One Man Two Guvnors, Jane Eyre, Treasure Island…

Posted in Dan Gillespie Sells Mousetrap Awards Musicals Theatre Theatre awards West End Young Vic

Nominees for the 8th annual Mousetrap Awards

BEST FEMALE PERFORMER AWARD: Marisha Wallace as Effie in Dreamgirls Natalie Kassanga, as Diana Ross in Motown…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Lyric Hammersmith Shakespeare Theatre Watford Palace Young Vic

Blogged: shaking up Shakespeare

I have a mixed time with some shaken-up Shakespeares – othellomacbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith; Twelfth Night at…