Twelfth Night at the National Theatre
Of all Shakespeare’s comedies, Twelfth Night offers the greatest challenges, and rewards, for a new…
Author Alex Larman
Sheraton Grand London, Park Lane
What’s in a name? Quite a lot, it would seem. Arriving at the recently renovated,…
London Marriott County Hall
It’s not every day – especially not every cold November day – that you walk…
This House
After much-acclaimed runs in both the National Theatre and Chichester, James Graham’s play, This House,…
Petit Pois
I used to live near Hoxton, many years ago, before it was gentrified. I remember…
Hatchetts, Mayfair
It is nearly Halloween when Larry and I rendezvous in Shepherd’s Market of an evening,…
The Libertine
‘Allow me to be frank at the commencement’, Dominic Cooper’s Lord Rochester states at the…
Facing the Music…and the Reviews
Do you remember when you had your exam results published at school or university? If…
Béatrice et Bénédict at Glyndebourne
‘It’s the nicest day we’ve had this season’, sighed the press officer, and she certainly…
Ralph Fiennes as Richard III
‘Now is the winter of our discontent’, hisses one of Shakespeare’s most malevolent villains, Richard…
Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne
The sun shone gloriously at Glyndebourne last Sunday, after a few weeks of unsettled weather,…
The Deep Blue Sea
I had thought that the Terence Rattigan revival, which seemed to begin around 2009 and…