Stories By Jem Bloomfield

Theatre
Neighbourhood Watch by Alan Ayckbourn. Pre-West End Tour.
October 27, 2025Neighbourhood Watch never feels like an “issue” play, but the London riots, the increasingly draconian Law...

Theatre
Hamlet, starring Michael Sheen at the Young Vic, London
October 21, 2025The psychiatric setting also forces – or helps – the production into a particular vision of...
Movies
Book Review: The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex: What’s Wrong With Modern Movies? by Mark Kermode
October 17, 2025His opinions, though held intensely and vocally, are often unpredictable: he has long maintained The Exorcist...
Historical Fiction
Book Review: The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
October 15, 2025So for those who may have been a little lost amidst the religious politics of The...
Dance
Dance Review: The Nutcracker, English National Ballet at The Coliseum, London
October 13, 2025For once the Mouse King is a genuinely compelling villain: his mask is a giant rodent’s...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Hillary Effect by Taylor Marsh
October 13, 2025There may not be space in a blog post to let the reader weigh the words...
Theatre
One Man, Two Guvnors, Adelphi Theatre, London
October 12, 2025For this show is funny. I mean, it is really funny. Not the kind of funny...
Theatre
Ross Noble and Friends, Cranleigh Arts Centre, England
October 11, 2025It showcased all of Noble’s best points: the delight in the ludicrous, the ideas tripping over...
Blog-Theater
Theatre Review: Noel Coward’s Star Quality, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
October 8, 2025There’s a feeling you get about ten minutes into a Noel Coward play. The lights have...
Blog-Theater
Theatre Review: The Holly and the Ivy, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
October 7, 2025The characters are built with that terrific assurance of some mid-century writers (C.P. Snow and Anthony...






