Stories By Jem Bloomfield

Theatre
Less Than Kind by Terence Rattigan: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England.
October 30, 2025It’s Rattigan’s attempt to take the basic Hamlet situation and write a play which is both...

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...

Blog-Theater
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...
Non-Fiction Reviews
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...
Books
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...
Books
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...







