Reviews
THEATRE REVIEW: The Winters Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
David Farr’s RSC production, currently at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon, is a play of two halves. Greg Hicks gives…
THEATRE REVIEW: Billy Twinkle, Requiem for a Golden Boy
Ronnie Burkett is a Canadian master marionettiste who writes, directs, builds all the puppets and sets for and does all…
THEATRE REVIEW: The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
One of the reasons why Shakespeare’s plays have remained so attractive to modern audiences is the vast array of possibilities…
THEATRE REVIEW: Deep Cut, The Tricycle Theatre
A simple living room set and the confessional, conversational tone of the writing combine to achieve something that is beyond…
THEATRE REVIEW: Burnt by the Sun, National Theatre
Chekhov’s name is mentioned in the dialogue and serves to underpin a particularly Russian form of nostalgia that could be…
VISUAL ARTS REVIEW: Artist Rooms, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Despite the sign there are no paths, only grassed banks and ramps, so this interactive sculpture is only good until…
VISUAL ARTS REVIEW: Four Scottish Painters, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
This spring the Dean is showing the works of four Scottish painters: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, John Bellany, Alan Davie and Anne…
OPERA REVIEW: Carmen, Royal Albert Hall
The four-act opera unfolded within the brilliantly recreated Iberian settings of Seville and was staged on a round platform that…
THEATRE REVIEW: England People Very Nice, National Theatre
Richard Bean’s England People Very Nice, directed by Nicholas Hytner at the National Theatre, is intended to reveal the absurdity…
THEATRE REVIEW: The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
The prologue is set in a present day pole-dancing bar and allows Morrison to frame the rest of the action…