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A Midsummer Night's Dream - RSC 2026 review
This is the fourth in the RSC’s ‘First Shakespeare’ seasons which started in the Garden Theatre and is now in The Other Place. 85 minutes long, this year in collaboration with Unicorn. This year is A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. (Follow link to review). I’ve reviewed my favourite play twenty-five times. This stands with the four or five best. A cast of eight too. The four lovers double as the…
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The Odyssey - review
Here it is. THE ODYSSEY follow link to my review of the Christopher Nolan film.
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The Cherry Orchard - review
Review of THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Chekhov at the Royal Shakespeare Company (follow link). This is a new version by Laura Wade featuring Sir Kenneth Branagh in his second RSC play this season, with Helen Hunt. If you only look at the production photos, you’ll see how good it looks. Though I have questions …
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My Fair Lady- a partial review
MY FAIR LADY is Chichesters big musical for 2026. It has been acclaimed as the greatest of the classic musicals. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO REVIEW. So why a partial review? The production got cancelled after Part One due to a technical fault. It was the long part. We totally loved it, so a review goes up, even though it will be amended in five weeks when we finally get to see Part Two. What will get you…
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Equus - review
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Much Ado About Nothing. Globe 2026 review
Follow the link to my review of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Shakespeare’s Globe. Directed by Chelsea Walker, with a magnificent pairing as Beatrice and Benedick in Pippa Nixon and Ken Nwasu. It’s what the Globe does best. Open air comedy, and it runs right through to October (on and off) so you really can get to see it.
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The Choral- film review
Review of THE CHORAL, written by Alan Bennett, directed by Nicholas Hytner with a “Best of British” cast. Ralph Fiennes, Mark Addy, Roger Allam, Alun Armstrong, Amara Okefeke, Simon Russell-Beale. It’s set in 1916 Yorkshire and the choral society is trying to produce Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. It’s a very pleasant evening’s watching too.
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The Marquise - review
THE MARQUISE is a rarely performed Noël Coward play from 1927 (follow link to the review). Rare? Barely even heard of. This is its first outing in 22 years. Noël Coward wrote it as an 18th century costume drama, and admitted it was really just a 1920s play with costumes added. This production sets it in the 1930s and removes the wigs and long skirts and does the underlying play it always…
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45 Years
Review of the play 45 YEARS at Chichester Minerva Theatre (follow link). Small cast of three, short (80 minutes). Geraldine James and Gabriel Byrne as the couple awaiting their 45th wedding anniversary are 90% of the play. Gillian Bevan is their old friend. It’s a play about age, sand a long suppressed secret.
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Leo Jones
I’ve just added a page in memory of Leo Jones. Readers from ELT will know him as a great innovator. We knew him as a colleague and friend for 55 years, and I met Leo before I met Karen. These are my memories and some photos. RIP, Leo. LINK TO THE PAGE FOR LEO JONES HERE
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Atonement, play review
Follow the link to my review of the stage version of Ian McEwan’s ATONEMENT at Chichester Festival Theatre. The play is scripted by Christopher Hampton who scripted the film. It got mixed reviews inevitably when a novel is so treasured. I’m highly positive though.
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The Audience (NT At Home)
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Disclosure Day - review
A short review of DISCLOSURE DAY (follow link). Short because I don’t want to disclose too much. So it’s a Stephen Spielberg story, directed by Stephen Spielberg. John Williams did the music. Brits dominate the cast- Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth. It is as you’d expect, classic Spielberg. Go and see it!
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The Tempest - RSC 2026, review
Review of THE TEMPEST at the Royal Shakespeare Company (follow link), featuring Kenneth Branagh as Prospero. It’s sold out, not surprisingly, but it will count as a major production of the play. It’s Branagh’s retirn to the RSC in thirty years. It’s Richard Eye’s first RSC production at age 83. Have a look:
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The Playboy of the Western World, NT, review
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Eclipse review
Follow the link to my review of Eclipse by John Morton at Chichester Minerva Theatre, directed by John Morton as well as written. It’s hard to describe. A family gather for the end of their dying father (we never see him) and it manages to be funny as well as poignant. It’s apparently nearly sold out for the last week, but given Chichester’s success at moving productions on there’s a good chance…
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The Unthanks, Poole 2026
Review added of THE UNTHANKS at POOLE LIGHTHOUSE. Follow link to review. We never miss them. As ever a music of sublime singing and superb piano and violin. They veered to the poetic side tonight … Emily Brontë, Siegfried Sassoon, Molly Drake and the Songs From The Shipyards. The set is different every time we see them. This was the more somber end of their catalogue.
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