23 November 2017 Keeping Our Balance Sexual predators. By John Watson Mirrors are the harbingers of self-doubt. To shave effectively in the morning you need to concentrate very carefully on the image which confronts you. How easy it is to fall, by way perhaps of a short narcissistic reverie, into a critical examination of the… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Keeping Our Balance (John Watson)
Tag: Almeida
Issue 98:2017 03 30: Hamlet(Adam McCormack)
30 March 2017 Hamlet The Almeida Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Stars: ***** There is an issue with changing the setting and context of great plays in an effort to make them more relevant and accessible – quite often the changes mean that much of the original brilliance is lost in the process. This is… Continue reading Issue 98:2017 03 30: Hamlet(Adam McCormack)
Issue 62:2016 07 14 :Richard III (Adam McCormack)
14 July 2016 Richard III The Almeida reviewed by Adam McCormack This is a Richard for our times. The Almeida has been very smart in starting the play with scenes set around the grave in the Leicester car park where Richard’s body was found in 2012. After we have heard from the woman who found… Continue reading Issue 62:2016 07 14 :Richard III (Adam McCormack)
Issue 51:21016 04 28:Boy (Adam McCormack)
28 April 2016 Boy The Almeida Theatre by Adam McCormack If we really needed anyone to tell us, the outlook for 16 year-old boys leaving school with few qualifications is bleak. The world premiere of Leo Butler’s Boy at the Almeida very effectively takes us on a tour through a day in the life of… Continue reading Issue 51:21016 04 28:Boy (Adam McCormack)
