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Churchill

Writer: Tony Tortora Director: Richard Bonham In Churchill, debuting playwright Tony Tortora has offered a vignette that is modest in physical scale, but rather grander in terms of psychology and characterisation. The play concerns the recently-deceased former prime minister arriving at neither Heaven nor Hell, but a ‘weigh station’ for the afterlife, in which Sir WinstonContinue reading “Churchill”

Truly Unpleasant

I don’t know who this cat is, but his/her/its tumblr blog is a pretty excellent collection of western comics, manga, odd Japanese superheroes and various other examples of trashy pop-cultural bric-a-brac. I love it.

Tristan and Yseult

Writers: Anna Maria Murphy and Carl Grose Director: Emma Rice In theory, a play about Cornish separatists shouldn’t be very engaging. Amusing, perhaps, but not quite as edifying, energising and life-affirming as this production of the timeless Tristan and Iseult (aka Yseult or Isolde) from Cornwall’s own Kneehigh theatre company. This retelling of the otherContinue reading “Tristan and Yseult”

Testing the Sexus

I got a new tablet. Well, I got a tablet, anyway. So I’m testing out how well I can blog from here. I may not be the most prolific writer of late, but it’s not for a lack of good intentions. So if this toy, the Google Nexus 7, can help me blog more, thenContinue reading “Testing the Sexus”