Tag: Simon Russell Beale

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 Christopher Hampton Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studios

“I’d much prefer to have honest criticism than your, if you don’t mind me saying so, negative…

Posted in Barney Norris Blogged Bridge Theatre Lucinda Coxon Lucy Prebble Nina Raine Richard Bean Sam Holcroft Theatre

Bridge Theatre new season – excited by new writing or disappointed by lack of diversity?

Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr have announced the opening programme for their The Bridge Theatre venture –…

Posted in James Graham National Theatre News Photos Theatre

News (and photos): National Theatre gala (plus actors in suits!)

The National Theatre last night hosted its biennial fundraising gala, Up Next, raising over a million pounds…

Posted in John Logan Penny Dreadful TV

TV Review: Penny Dreadful Season 3

“Why would the devil be interested in you?” And so the penny drops, John Logan’s Penny Dreadful…

Posted in Digital Shakespeare

The Complete Walk, from the comfort of your sofa #7

Love’s Labour’s Lost Gemma Arterton and Michelle Terry (almost) in the same play, how my heart doth…

Posted in Penny Dreadful TV

TV Review: Penny Dreadful Season 3 Episode 1

“The cycle goes on, the snake eating its own tail” The focus may be elsewhere with regards…

Posted in Shakespeare TV

TV Review: Shakespeare Live, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

  “I am a spirit of no common rate” The culmination of the BBC’s celebration of the…

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: Hamlet (1996)

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