Tag: Lex Shrapnel

Posted in Moira Buffini TV

12 Days of Lesley Manville – 8: Harlots (Series 3)

Largely (and unfairly) overlooked, the third and final season of Harlots brings the series to a fitting…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Old Vic Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022

Review: A Number, Old Vic

Paapa Essiedu and Lennie James deliver stunning performances in a cracking production of Caryl Churchill’s A Number…

Posted in Caryl Churchill News Photos Theatre

News: Tristram Kenton’s stage archive – the Caryl Churchill edition

It is Caryl Churchill’s turn to get the Tristram Kenton treatment from the Guardian’s archive, and what…

Posted in Cheek By Jowl Chris Bush David Mamet Duncan Macmillan Finborough Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Lin-Manuel Miranda Mike Leigh Musicals National Theatre Nick Payne Propeller Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Royal Court Shakespeare Theatre Tom Wells West End Wilton's Music Hall Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

10 of my top moments of the decade

Ever behind the curve, I present 10 of my top moments in a theatre over the last…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Not-London Theatre Theatre review UK

Review: The Country Wife, Minerva

A cracking cast can’t quite make sense of a modern updating of The Country Wife at Chichester’s…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre LGBTQ+ Theatre Tony Kushner

Review: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, Hampstead Theatre

“The best thing I ever did was the worst thing I ever did. And it all came…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Not-London Theatre UK

Review: A Number, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

“Are you my father?” After the Menier’s version which starred Timothy and Sam West, the Nuffield uses…

Posted in Leeds Playhouse Not-London Terence Rattigan Theatre UK

Review: The Deep Blue Sea, West Yorkshire Playhouse

“What else is there after hope?” In the never-ending quest to variously improve my theatrical knowledge, experience…

Posted in David Mamet Theatre Wilton's Music Hall

Review: Edmond, Wilton’s Music Hall

“There is a destiny that shapes our ends…rough-hew them how we may” Edmond saw a couple of…