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 […]
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REVIEW: DAMON ALBARN’S DR DEE
There’s yet another Damon Albarn project out this month – Kinshasa One Two is a record made in Democratic Republic of Congo for Oxfam in five days. Really enjoying it so far – have a listen […]
Macbeth remains child’s play
Saw the trailer for Anonymous the other day, the Roland Emmerich film which recasts the age-old debate about whether Shakespeare actually wrote his famous plays into a political thriller. What’s not in doubt, though, is […]
REVIEW: Mogadishu @ ROYAL EXCHANGE
The deadline just passed for Manchester’s Bruntwood Playwriting Prize. But the hopefuls will have to go some to match a previous winner, Mogadishu, by drama teacher, Vivienne Franzmann. “The clever writing helps, but huge praise […]
FUNNY OLD GAME, FOOTBALL
Perusing the paper today, appalled at Liverpool’s latest money grab, I caught sight of the Premier League table. There Norwich City were, in 9th. Two years ago, Wes Hoolahan was hoping we could stay in […]