1 February 2108 John (a play by Anne Baker) The National Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Stars: **** Jenny and Elias have been going through a difficult patch in their relationship. In an effort to patch things up, they take a trip to the battlefield sites of Gettysburg in the week after Thanksgiving. Elias has… Continue reading Issue 139: 2018 02 01: John (by Anne Baker)
Article Category: Review
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Different Party
18 January 2018 Different Party, a play by Wakenshaw and Duncan The Soho Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: **** Different Party is about as anarchic and surreal as comic mime can get, stretching riffs on visual puns as far as they can go. That office life is mundane is not to be doubted,… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Different Party
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Modigliani
18 January 2018 Modigliani Tate Modern Reviewed by William Morton A great exhibition of the work of an artist whose individual style is instantly recognisable. Amedeo Modigliani was born in 1884 in Livorno, Italy into a Sephardic Jewish family. Although initially rich, they later faced financial problems. Amedeo himself suffered from tuberculosis when young. He… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Modigliani
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: East
18 January 2018 East, a play by Steven Berkoff The King’s Head Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: ***** Written in 1975, you could be forgiven for thinking that Steven Berkoff’s East, a portrayal of life in the East End of London, would be something of a period piece, but you could not be… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: East
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Darkest Hour
18 January 2018 Darkest Hour A film by Joe Wright reviewed by J.R.Thomas Darkest Hour is a film that maybe needs no more reviews; there is not much to add to the superb approbations that the film has already, and rightly, had in the popular prints. It is indeed well worth seeing; the story of… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Darkest Hour
Issue 136:2018 01 11:Molly’s Game
11 December 2018 Molly’s Game A film by Aaron Sorkin reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: **** It takes just a frozen twig to change the course of someone’s life. Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) would appear to be the golden child. Born into a high achieving family in Denver, academically brilliant and on the cusp… Continue reading Issue 136:2018 01 11:Molly’s Game
Issue 135: 2018 01 04: Fixing Business
04 January 2018 Fixing Business by Digby Jones ‘Making Profitable Business work for the good of all’ Book reviewed by Frank O’Nomics At the heart of this book Digby Jones creates a strong case for having a market-based economy where Business (he insists in the upper-case) is profitable. He argues that this is in the… Continue reading Issue 135: 2018 01 04: Fixing Business
Issue 135: 2018 01 04: “The Last Jedi”
04 January 2018 “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” A film by Rian Johnson Reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating **** Radio 4’s Never Seen Star Wars gets people to do something that they have not done before even though most of the population has. I do not quite fit that mandate for Star Wars itself,… Continue reading Issue 135: 2018 01 04: “The Last Jedi”
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Jedi Worship
21 December 2017 Jedi Worship by J.R. Thomas Star Wars: The Last Jedi is currently occupying most every screen in your local multiplex, and whilst Shaw Sheet readers no doubt prefer serious Italian art-house films or indeed their weekly journeys to the Wigmore Hall or Covent Garden, at Christmas they may search for something a… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Jedi Worship
Issue 133: 2017 12 14: Daisy Pulls It Off
14 December 2014 Daisy Pulls It Off (a play by Denise Deegan) The Park Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack. Star rating **** I really must be careful. Giving away the slightest hint of a plot-spoiler for this perfectly spiffing production could have me labelled a sneak by the “babes” of the Second Form and “sent… Continue reading Issue 133: 2017 12 14: Daisy Pulls It Off
