Bibo
Putney. Even the word has something Betjemanesque about it, redolent of upper-middle-class good taste, prim…
Author Alex Larman
Merchants Tavern
I wasn’t doing very much one day, as is my wont, when an email from…
A Small Family Business
Alan Ayckbourn is one of the most prolific playwrights who’s ever lived – quite possibly…
The Opposite House Beijing
I arrive in Beijing early evening after a flight on the appropriately named Dragonair, which…
The Upper House Hong Kong
Alex Larman sets off for China for an unsurpassable gastronomic gallivant. First stop, Hong Kong…
1984 at the Almeida
“Those who enjoy the vicarious thrills of reality TV shows and ever-present social media might well watch it and shiver, knowingly.”
Foxlow
The latest opening from the Hawksmoor geniuses has been billed as something of a break from their established formula of enormous, male-oriented steakhouses and cocktail bars. Early word has been of a quiet neighbourhood restaurant, a more modest and humble undertaking than the big, brash and bold places that have made the company’s name.
Barnsley House
“‘Barnsley?’ queried the Lady. ‘Isn’t that up in Yorkshire somewhere…?’” Larman finds a smaller, cosier Gloucestershire cousin to its Yorkshire namesake…
The Duchess of Malfi
It’s always exciting to visit a new theatre in London, and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is one of the most ambitious that the capital’s seen in years – quite probably since the opening of its stablemate, the Globe.
Brasserie Chavot
When I visited The Capital about six years ago, I was blown away by the…
Coriolanus
“Whatever way you manage to see this powerful production of a much-misunderstood play, with a genuine star performance at its dark heart, it will be worth it.”
RSC’s Richard II
Alex Larman witnesses the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Richard II, “…in a headline-grabbing piece of news, it features David Tennant, and his wig.”