CLASSICAL MUSIC HITS HIGH NOTE
There was an interesting news story in Variety recently suggesting classical CD sales were on the up in the States. Is this part of a wider trend? Is classical music cool all of a sudden? […]
October 2011
THEME PARKS OBSESSED WITH FILM
When Disney announced that they’d bought the rights to “Avatarworld”, it set me on a nostalgia-laden trip to Universal Studios California, and the increasing realisation that most new theme park rides are based on blockbuster […]
REVIEW: HARD TIMES @ MURRAYS’ MILLS
Claire Tomalin’s excellent Charles Dickens biography reminded me that Library Theatre Company had a pretty good stab at Hard Times in Murrays’ Mills earlier this year. I reviewed it for The Stage – it was […]
REVIEW: Entitled at ROYAL exchange studio
In which I got completely bamboozled – in a good way – by a new play which blurred the lines between performance and rehearsal. On tour this autumn and well worth catching “The intrigue lies […]
REVIEW: Hamlet @ The Crucible
I saw a boxset review of The Lakes recently – the 1990s Jimmy McGovern drama set in The Lake District. Anyway, it announced John Simm as a major acting talent, which reminded me that I […]