Review: National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 11 November 2018 When one of the finest actors of his generation leads in a play by the…
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Review: National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 17 July 2018 I can only imagine how daunting it must be to contemplate adapting the Scottish play…
Film Review: Lady Macbeth (2016)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 24 June 2017 Lady Macbeth is a minimal film, visually stripped of any lavishness or decadence. The visuals reflect…
Review: National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night (2017)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 2 June 2017 Written at the mid-point of his career Twelfth Night (or, What you Will) is arguably…
Review: Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear (2016)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 24 November 2016 King Lear, surely one of the most challenging roles that the Bard ever wrote, is…
Film Review: The Winter’s Tale – Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company (2015)
byWritten by Lisa Sinclair Originally published 1 February 2016 The only criticism one could make of the script for The Winter’s Tale is that in the…
Wednesdays with Woody: September (1987)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 27 June 2012 As the sombre Interiors followed the Oscar winning Annie Hall only one year after, September…
TV Review: The Straits: Episode 1 & 2
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 3 February 2012 From the opening shots of the title sequence, it is difficult not to recall HBO’s…