Tag: Richard Lumsden

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Review: The Hills of California, Harold Pinter Theatre

Whereas it is lovely to see a bit of Blackpool in the West End, Jez Butterworth’s new…

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News: Laura Donnelly, Leanne Best, Ophelia Lovibond and Helena Wilson lead The Hills of California

Laura Donnelly (The Ferryman, The Nevers, Outlander), Leanne Best (Sweat, Ripper Street, Line of Duty), Ophelia Lovibond (Minx, W1A, The Effect) and Helena Wilson (Vogue…

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TV Review: Silent Witness Series 24

After some significant cast changes, Series 24 of Silent Witness is fascinatingly unmoored with some wildly big…

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Oscar Week Film Review: Darkest Hour

No amount of prosthetics can stop this from being my…Darkest Hour “The deadly danger here is this…

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Review: Uncle Vanya, Almeida Theatre

“Here’s Johnny” How do you follow the earth-shattering success of a show like Oresteia? With difficulty it…

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TV Review: U Be Dead (2009)

“We’ve been getting phone calls, text messages, emails…can’t trace where or who from” Another drama about online…

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11 of my top moments in a theatre in 2014

I’ll be doing a regular top 10 alongside all the other end-of-year totting up of the theatrical…

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Review: Our Town, Almeida Theatre

“The morning star always get wonderful bright the minute before it has to go” Some images sear…

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Film Review: Sense and Sensibility (1995)

“People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them” Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility has…