Category: Theatre
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Pouring with rain at time of writing, grey skies and really it could almost be November. After one of the driest two months for yonks the tennis and cricket season is here in the UK and, naturally, the rain is simply pissing chucking down. It was ever thus. I had an unpleasant week last week. …
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While I am prepared to believe that somewhere out there such a creature exists, my personal experience tells me otherwise and it is clear that Oscar Wilde agrees with me, hence the ironic title of his wonderful play. I thought I had seen this on stage before, but then realised I hadn't and my knowledge…
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Not quite sure where October went but it has passed in a flash. I seem to have spent most of it belting up and down the A12 to London and back, but not complaining as Florence is there at the other end waiting for me. Of course helped with the move as well, then have…
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Was in London yesterday looking after the Divine Florence who is now standing up clutching onto things, at 7.5 months! She shows no interest in crawling so looks as if she will just go straight to walking. Her mother was the same, my other daughter not walking for some time as she could crawl at…
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Am about to get dressed, blow dry my hair, bung some slap on and drive off to park car at station and then off to London. Tree being pollarded outside my window at moment and noise considerable so will be quite happy to leave that behind. Last time the beautiful willow tree was 'pollarded' it…
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Went to see this yesterday and have just posted my review over on Random Arts. Please do nip over and see what I thought of it – wonderful.
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New post up on Random Music. Do read – am trying to get the traffic up on this blog!
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Readers of Random may remember that I wrote some time ago about how, for many years, I had lost my interest in the theatre and, in particular, Shakespeare. I am pretty sure you will have forgotten, why you should remember passeth all understanding, but the two posts are here and here. Any my reason for…
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Got to London yesterday eve to find that Rowan Atkinson was alive and well, had not fallen downstairs or thrown out a splinter and was doing the performance so that was a relief. First hurdle out of way. However, we had another one to face. I only discovered yesterday that the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane…
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On Thursday I paid a visit to Bury St Edmunds with my good friend Jan Jones to attend an evening performance at the Theatre Royal of The Wolf and the Lamb by Thomas Egerton Wilkes and The Celebrated Mrs Inchbald, written and performed by Katie Bonna. This came under the umbrella of a programme entitled…
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We have a very good theatre in Colchester, The Mercury. I have been to many events here, some dire, some brilliant. I remember well a simply magnificent rep performance of The Browning Version which, in my opinion, was even better than that of Sir Michael Redgrave in the film version; a performance in a now…
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Yes, that is where I went yesterday and that is where I spent a simply wonderful afternoon watching a matinee performance of the Merry Wives of Windsor and I think I can safely say I have not laughed so much for ages. My friend Linda and I were in the top gallery, front row seat,…
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Impossible to attend a performance of Wilde’s Importance of Being Earnest without the memory of Dame Edith Evans fruity, outraged enunciation of the immortal line above. It has laid its fell hand upon this play and all actresses playing Lady Bracknell have to find a way of ridding the audience’s collective memory of this particular…
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OK here is Me and Will Part Deux and I am sure all readers are waiting with bated breath…. Well, the long and winding road back to loving WS started with the film Much Ado about Nothing with Kenneth Branagh and the then Mrs B, Emma Thompson. Sheer pleasure and fun from start to finish,…
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I studied A Midsummer Night’s Dream at school. Come to think of it, I studied it three years running as it was produced each year in our English Literature class by three consecutive teachers who did not listen to our complaints that we had done it before. After three years, three exams and endless papers…
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This play was first staged in 1970 and starred Sir Alec Guiness, sadly no longer with us, but his shoes were admirably filled by Derek Jacobi in the current revival at the Donmar Warehouse. Very hot afternoon and with the closed in space at the Donmar my hayfever kicked in with a vengeance and I…