A Winter Miscellany
If the rain has taken up permanent residence and your social life now revolves around…
Browsing: The Culturist
Man and Boy at the National Theatre
Terence Rattigan wrote Man and Boy in 1961, at what he perceived to be the…
Così Fan Tutte at the ENO
The irony of staging Così fan tutte over Valentine’s weekend is inspired. Mozart’s comedy of…
Arcadia at The Old Vic
Director Carrie Cracknell, who has worked with everyone from the Royal Court, Young Vic and…
Rivals, Originals, Masters: Turner & Constable on Screen
In this thoughtful review, art writer Rosalind Ormiston explores Turner & Constable, the latest Exhibition…
The Rivals at Theatre Royal Bath
Where better to see Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s sparking comedy, The Rivals, than in the city…
Beautiful Little Fool at Southwark Playhouse
The beautiful little fool of the title here is Scottie, the little known daughter of…
The Reluctant Auteur: The Unmaking of a Television Original
In a follow-up to his polemic on the BBC licence fee, former television director Paul…
Woman In Mind
As one of England’s most prolific playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn’s ability to write about the every-man/woman…
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
If you go to a play set in the second invasion of Iraq with not…
HMS Pinafore at the ENO
“Let’s leave subtlety at the door, shall we say…” Just days before coming to the…
Cockfosters at the Southwark Playhouse
It’s an unlikely mix of a budding romance and an ode to the London Underground…