Stories By Jem Bloomfield
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Blog-Theater
Less Than Kind by Terence Rattigan: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England.
September 5, 2021It’s Rattigan’s attempt to take the basic Hamlet situation and write a play which is both...
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Blog-Theater
Neighbourhood Watch by Alan Ayckbourn. Pre-West End Tour.
September 2, 2021Neighbourhood Watch never feels like an “issue” play, but the London riots, the increasingly draconian Law...
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Blog-Theater
Hamlet, starring Michael Sheen at the Young Vic, London
August 28, 2021The psychiatric setting also forces – or helps – the production into a particular vision of...
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Books
Book Review: The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex: What’s Wrong With Modern Movies? by Mark Kermode
August 24, 2021His opinions, though held intensely and vocally, are often unpredictable: he has long maintained The Exorcist...
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Books
Book Review: The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
August 21, 2021So for those who may have been a little lost amidst the religious politics of The...
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Blog-Dance
Dance Review: The Nutcracker, English National Ballet at The Coliseum, London
August 20, 2021For once the Mouse King is a genuinely compelling villain: his mask is a giant rodent’s...
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Books
Book Review: The Hillary Effect by Taylor Marsh
August 19, 2021There may not be space in a blog post to let the reader weigh the words...
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Blog-Theater
One Man, Two Guvnors, Adelphi Theatre, London
August 18, 2021For this show is funny. I mean, it is really funny. Not the kind of funny...
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Blog-Theater
Ross Noble and Friends, Cranleigh Arts Centre, England
August 17, 2021It showcased all of Noble’s best points: the delight in the ludicrous, the ideas tripping over...
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Blog-Theater
Theatre Review: Noel Coward’s Star Quality, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
August 15, 2021There’s a feeling you get about ten minutes into a Noel Coward play. The lights have...