Tag: Simon Russell Beale

Posted in Critics’ Choice Awards Film Film & TV awards Stephen Adly Guirgis

20th Critics’ Choice Awards nominees

Best Picture Birdman Boyhood Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Nightcrawler Selma The Theory…

Posted in John Logan Penny Dreadful TV

TV Review: Penny Dreadful Season 1

“Do you believe that there is a demi-monde?”   It is hard to credit that the first…

Posted in Nick Dear TV

DVD Review: Persuasion (1995)

“No-one wants to be in calm waters all their life” Anyone who has read this blog for…

Posted in National Theatre Shakespeare Theatre

(P)review: King Lear, National Theatre

“We cry that we are come to this great stage of fools”  One of the hottest tickets…

Posted in New Diorama Shakespeare The Faction Theatre

Review: Hamlet, New Diorama

“What a piece of work is a man” The Faction’s annual rep seasons at the New Diorama…

Posted in BBC Audio Drama Awards Mark Ravenhill Nick Dear Radio Plays

BBC Audio Drama Awards 2014 finalists

Best Original Audio Drama (Single play) (Judges: Fiona Shaw, Sebastian Born and Louise Jury) Billions by Ed…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Alan Bennett David Hare Digital Eugene O'Neill George Bernard Shaw Harold Pinter Howard Brenton Michael Frayn Musicals National Theatre Noël Coward Peter Shaffer Shakespeare Stephen Sondheim Tennessee Williams Theatre Tom Stoppard Tony Kushner

Review: National Theatre – Fifty Years on Stage

“We’ve got two hours to show the vast range of work the National has done over the…

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre TV

TV Review: Muse of Fire

“We found Shakespeare tough at school”  What a brilliant little film – tucked away on BBC4 but…

Posted in Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The Organist’s Daughter / Corrinne Come Back and Gone / The Patience of Mr Job

“We’re happy enough – what more can anyone ask from life?” Three short reviews for three short…