Cafe Society (2016)
2016-09-14
It’s all a bit dinner jazz. It’s all a bit beautiful blondes bathed in golden sunshine. It’s all a bitContinue Reading
Hell or High Water (2016)
2016-09-13
Two themes run deep. The first, Native Americans lost their land to The White Man who in turn lost theirContinue Reading
Don’t Breathe (2016)
2016-09-10
One of those films that starts a little bland and ends with leaving the cinema not knowing whether to laugh,Continue Reading
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
2016-09-07
Quaint. That’s probably the best and most accurate word to describe Andrea Gibb‘s adaptation of Arthur Ransome‘s 1930 children’s novelContinue Reading
The Diary of Anne Frank
2016-08-27
Two rows of six over-sized photographs fill the void. Children. Smiling and laughing. But something about the quality of theContinue Reading
The Other by Gael Le Cornec
2016-08-27
When entering the small theatre at the French Institute spectators were informed that today the show was being filmed andContinue Reading
Boris: World King
2016-08-05
by Peter Callaghan Gaffe-prone MP with unruly blonde mop Stabs friends in the front and aims for the top LoveContinue Reading
Denton & Me
2016-08-05
by Peter Callaghan In Soho where gay boys are often found rentin’ Writer’s longing for love mirrors that of DentonContinue Reading
Playing Maggie… The Iron Lady
2016-08-05
by Peter Callaghan The Iron Lady famed for not turning Conducts Q&A on issues burning If you want something said,Continue Reading
Horse McDonald in Careful
2016-08-05
by Peter Callaghan A Scottish songbird lays down her guitar And plucks at our heartstrings with her memoir Preview performancesContinue Reading
Pajama Men: Pterodactyl Nights
2016-07-06
by Peter Callaghan Venue? Tick. Agreeable time slot? Kind of. Affordable accommodation? You’re having a giraffe. That’s the f**k itContinue Reading
The 24 Hour Plays Edinburgh
2016-07-06
by Sally Roberts Assembly Roxy, Sunday 3rd July 2016 Contrary to my initial assumption (and, I admit, horror) The 24Continue Reading
The Shakespeare Soap Opera
2016-06-10
by Rupert Wolfe-Murray Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool: The theatre is packed but I am alone. I’m watching the Merry Wives by ShakespeareContinue Reading
OPERA REVIEW: Little White Town of Never Weary
2016-06-02
by Peter Callaghan It’s 5pm in The Little White Town of Never Weary, a quiet as a mouse neighbourhood closeContinue Reading