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Then how did he die?They press him John.Press?Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead ay or nay. They say he give them but two words. “More weight,” he says. And died.I could actually quote that entire scene (I looked it up only to check I’d gotten the wording right) verbatim, without checking.ContinueContinue reading “Review: The Crucible”

“I have always relied on the kindness of strangers””Well that’s a stupid thing to do”…..or so goes the famous line in my head. I blame Tony Kushner who appropriates Tennessee Williams’ most famous play twice in his own most famous play. And that’s the trouble with famous plays, we all think we know how itContinueContinue reading “Review: A Streetcar Named Desire”

So following a more official review for ‘Cardiff Shakespeare’ this is my more personal review, with a bit for fan-girl thoughts thrown in.I wasn’t going to bother with Richard III. Mainly due to logistics/time getting to London and cose of tickets. However, I got lucky with the £15 Mondays deal and knew I’d regret notContinueContinue reading “Richard III”

This is not a real review of ‘The Normal Heart’ having spent the last four years writing about AIDS and theatre I’m too invested for that. I’ll admit I was wary. As anyone is about a new adaptation of something they love. I’m wary about new stagings of it, but I’m even more wary about transposing it to aContinueContinue reading “The Normal Heart”

Last Friday I went for round two (and sadly final round) of Punchdrunk’s ‘The Drowned Man’ write up here, for my own memory and anyone who is interested in that sort of thing!The account of my first encounter is here:http://fixedpointintime.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/punchdrunk-drowned-man.htmlI went to round two, after much deliberation with no plan. I decided that letting myContinueContinue reading “The Drowned Man (round 2)”

The Drowned ManThis week I finally got to see Punchdrunk’s latest offering “The Drowned Man” even typing that I wonder is ‘see’ the right word? Probably not. Experienced perhaps? Lived? Survived even? It’s not anything you do as passively as ‘see’ there is nothing passive about it, as three hours of running up and downContinueContinue reading “Punchdrunk ‘Drowned Man’”

The Drowned ManThis week I finally got to see Punchdrunk\’s latest offering \”The Drowned Man\” even typing that I wonder is \’see\’ the right word? Probably not. Experienced perhaps? Lived? Survived even? It\’s not anything you do as passively as \’see\’ there is nothing passive about it, as three hours of running up and downContinueContinue reading “Punchdrunk \'Drowned Man\'”

I’ve written this because I can’t articulate my feelings about the NT50 celebration in any kind of social media format, and because even after sleeping on it I can’t stop thinking about it.I love the National Theatre, it’s been a focus of my research for over three years now, and it’s very much at theContinueContinue reading “The National at 50”

So the National Theatre is 50 years old today.The National is an important theatre to me. All theatres are important so this one is maybe ‘special’. I’ve spent the last three years researching a production that took place there, I’ve written conference papers on performances there and all but absorbed the entire history in theContinueContinue reading “The National Theatre…50 years young?”

A conference and working weekend in London meant I got to see some theatre (of course)The Magistrate (National Theatre) I was mulling over whether to see the latest NT Live broadcast which was this play and realised I was in London for it. So as tickets were about the same price to see it actually in the theatre IContinueContinue reading “Reviews: A Magistrate, A horse and some Privates on Parade”