Tag: Maxine Peake

Posted in Alan Bennett TV

TV Review: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

“Her mother was blind but made beautiful pastry” Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads gets remade and added to…

Posted in Alan Bennett TV

News: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads returns to TV

Along with the rest of theatreland, I’m already over-excited and impatient for all of these. Filming begins…

Posted in Alice Birch Ancient Greeks April De Angelis Chris Bush David Eldridge Gary Owen Jack Thorne Katie Mitchell Lucy Kirkwood Musicals National Theatre News Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Richard Bean Sheffield Theatres Simon Stone Theatre West End

News: the National Theatre announces 9 new productions for 2020-21

Lots of exciting news coming out of the National Theatre today, including actors Nicola Walker, Giles Terera…

Posted in Lucy Kirkwood National Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Welkin, National Theatre

Lucy Kirkwood returns to the National Theatre with The Welkin, starring a brilliant ensemble led by Maxine…

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 Blogged Gary Owen Lucy Kirkwood Moira Buffini National Theatre News Richard Bean Richard Brinsley Sheridan Shakespeare Theatre Tony Kushner

News: new productions and casting updates for the National Theatre

Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor headline a new production of Romeo and Juliet, while Callum Scott Howells…

Posted in Books Kenneth Branagh Photos Theatre

Book review: The Half – Simon Annand

The Half – Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage by Simon Annand Just a quickie for…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Annie Baker Anton Chekhov April De Angelis Chris Bush Inua Ellams Lucy Kirkwood Moira Buffini National Theatre News Richard Bean Rose Theatre Kingston Theatre Tony Kushner

News: the National Theatre announces 15 new productions for 2019 and 2020

So much goodness! The National Theatre have just announced details of productions stretching deep into 2020, and…

Posted in Barbican Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: Avalanche – A Love Story, Barbican

Maxine Peake is magisterial at the Barbican in this heart-breaking monologue Avalanche – A Love Story “Is…