Tag: Thomas Padden

Posted in Film

Film Review: Cruella (2021)

Emma Stone and Emma Thompson have lots of fun in the entertaining Cruella, which is only just…

Posted in Cheek By Jowl Chris Bush David Mamet Duncan Macmillan Finborough Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Lin-Manuel Miranda Mike Leigh Musicals National Theatre Nick Payne Propeller Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Royal Court Shakespeare Theatre Tom Wells West End Wilton's Music Hall Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

10 of my top moments of the decade

Ever behind the curve, I present 10 of my top moments in a theatre over the last…

Posted in Film Musicals

Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)

“Tale as old as time” It’s taken me a little time to get round to writing this…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown, Series 1

“To do nothing is the hardest job of all”  It’s taken a little time to getting round…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown Episodes 1 + 2

“The country needs to be led by someone strong” You’d be hard-pressed not to know that Netflix…

Posted in Lee Hall Theatre Tom Stoppard West End

Review: Shakespeare in Love, Noël Coward Theatre

“What kind of man would you be without the theatre” I can’t lie – I had rather…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Theatre

Review: Huis Clos, Donmar Warehouse at Trafalgar Studios 2

“L’enfer, c’est les autres” Some things will never change, one of them being my complete lack of…

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2012 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi  Benedict…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre Propeller Shakespeare Theatre

Re-review: Richard III, Propeller at Hampstead Theatre

“I like you lads; about your business straight” It seems only natural that Edward Hall would bring…