Stories By Jem Bloomfield
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...
Books
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...
Fiction Reviews
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...
Blog-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...
Theatre
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...
Theatre
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...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Three Days in May, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
October 5, 2025Clarke certainly made good on his obligations. He barked, he grunted, he rumbled, and, once you...
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