Stories By Jem Bloomfield
Theatre
Neighbourhood Watch by Alan Ayckbourn. Pre-West End Tour.
June 23, 2024Neighbourhood 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
June 19, 2024The 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
June 14, 2024His opinions, though held intensely and vocally, are often unpredictable: he has long maintained The Exorcist...
Books
Book Review: The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
June 13, 2024So 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
June 11, 2024For once the Mouse King is a genuinely compelling villain: his mask is a giant rodent’s...
Politics
Book Review: The Hillary Effect by Taylor Marsh
June 11, 2024There may not be space in a blog post to let the reader weigh the words...
Theatre
One Man, Two Guvnors, Adelphi Theatre, London
June 10, 2024For this show is funny. I mean, it is really funny. Not the kind of funny...
Theatre
Ross Noble and Friends, Cranleigh Arts Centre, England
June 8, 2024It showcased all of Noble’s best points: the delight in the ludicrous, the ideas tripping over...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Noel Coward’s Star Quality, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
June 6, 2024There’s a feeling you get about ten minutes into a Noel Coward play. The lights have...
Theatre
Theatre Review: The Holly and the Ivy, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
June 5, 2024The characters are built with that terrific assurance of some mid-century writers (C.P. Snow and Anthony...