Tag: Simon Russell Beale

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh

DVD Review: My Week With Marilyn

“I thought you hated all that Royal Court stuff”  I never quite got round to watching My…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Ancient Greeks Digital Theatre

Review: The Odyssey, Almeida/Live-stream

  “I’m stunned with wonder” When Rupert Goold first announced the #AlmeidaGreeks season with all its familiar…

Posted in Alistair McDowall Evening Standard Theatre Awards Florian Zeller Martin McDonagh Stephen Adly Guirgis Theatre awards

The 2015 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Best Actor Kenneth Cranham, The Father, Ustinov Bath, Tricycle Theatre & Wyndham’s Theatre Ralph Fiennes, Man And…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre Theatre

Review: the first half of Mr Foote’s Other Leg, Hampstead Theatre

“Once more unto the breeches” Such is the power of Simon Russell Beale that Mr Foote’s Other…

Posted in John Logan Penny Dreadful TV

TV Review: Penny Dreadful Season 2

“We are bound on a wheel on pain” The first series of Penny Dreadful may not have…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Ancient Greeks Digital Mark Gatiss Theatre

Review: The Iliad Online, Almeida/Live-stream

“You can’t kill me I can’t ever die” After three weeks away, all my initial thoughts were…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals National Theatre Stephen Sondheim

Album Review: Candide (1999 Royal National Theatre Recording)

   “I’ll show my noble stuff by being bright and cheerful!” They don’t make ‘em like they…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Steve Waters Theatre

Review: Temple, Donmar Warehouse

“Was it ever our choice to be the parish church of high finance?” I was surprised at…

Posted in Film Musicals Stephen Sondheim

Film Review: Into the Woods (2014)

“Into the woods to see the King, to sell the cow, to make the potion” After the…