…until the packing is done. Then I remember how few days there are and gulp, because there’s still so much to do. On a more positive note: my play Lumottu (“Enchanted”) from Unikirja gets a reading next Tuesday in Kingston at the Arts Society, 6:30 pm. If you can show up, do! It will be…
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Friday’s Forgotten Books: Between the Angels and the Apes
Not so much “forgotten” as — what? Aborted? Headed off at the pass? The initial news was wonderful: Alan Moore writing an opera on John Dee with Gorillaz! What’s not to love? It sounded like a match made in an alchemical lab somewhere with the potential of turning into gold. There was just one problem:…
NT Live: The Cherry Orchard
“Who cares about Chekhov anyway? A bunch of old women moaning about ducks flying home to Moscow.” ~ Withnail [Richard E. Grant] in Withnail & I I am always grateful to the Spectrum 8 for hosting the NT Live performances; I’m also grateful that enough people in the Capital region attend them to make it…
Running to Catch Up
That’s a misleading title as I plan for this to be a very lazy Sunday. I may wander out to a museum this afternoon and get myself a Sunday roast dinner, but that’s about as far as my ambitions run at present. I often have the thought of how little time I have in London…
Much Ado about Ghosts
First things, first: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE QUEEN OF EVERYTHING!! My latest column exploits my theatre madness by making it work (as if seeing a good play were really work, but shhh! mustn’t let people know how much fun we’re having, right?). I ran off to the theatre after a good chat with pal Gordon…
And Away We Go —
This is how hot it’s been: Kipper lying on his back in front of the fan, feet in the air. Undignified. I hope it’s not like this in England, but the truth is the last couple of years it has been ungodly hot. I am taking one sweater along just in case (Manchester might be…
Frankenstein v Frankenstein
Check Todd’s blog for other featured items in Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V or add your own. It was impossible to resist the urge to see both versions of the National Theatre’s Frankenstein. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller rotated the central roles which was fascinating in itself, never mind the rest of the new script by…
Converting Monks with Slides in San Antonio
I was hoping to have time to write up the NT Live Frankensteins I saw for Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V but I’m still working on my presentation for PCA, so it’s unlikely to happen. I did upload a version of my speech with the Powerpoint slides embedded (very hastily, so it’s a bit clunky) so they…
Review: Another Year & Fela!
In the middle of watching Mike Leigh’s Another Year, I realised why I usually dislike mimetic films. The reality they purport to capture has nothing to do with their glossy interiors and shiny surfaces. Actors — especially Hollywood actors — do not look like they do in real life without the flattering lighting, makeup and…