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Bloomin’ ‘eck this was good. This was the first preview of Ink – so if you are reading this within 10 days or so of the above date, you still won’t be able to see formal reviews but you might still be able to get tickets. Get them before it’s too late! Brilliant production, incredibly … Continue reading “Ink by James Graham, Almeida Theatre, 17 June 2017”
This was a fascinating piece. It is an uber-modern play about privacy, data and all that. Some members of the audience, perhaps foolishly, left their mobile phones on and acquiesced to a request to submit a selfie – only to discover that geeks can find out a heck of a lot about you just from … Continue reading “Privacy by James Graham, Donmar Warehouse, 24 May 2014”
This was a bit unfortunate for us, as we were there for a preview and Phil Daniels had just been forced to pull out of the leading role, so we saw the understudy (Andrew Frame I think, although we might have had a temporary understudy our night) reading from the script. Even so, I don’t … Continue reading “This House by James Graham, Cottesloe Theatre, 22 September 2012”
I don’t remember a great deal about this one, so perhaps it wasn’t the hilarious romp the Bush production resource suggests that it must have been. Interesting list of young playwrights collaborated on the piece, though; James Graham in particular having shot to playwright stardom relatively quickly since. Whoops, Charles Spencer in The Telegraph utterly … Continue reading “suddenlossofdignity.com by Zawe Ashton, James Graham, Joel Horwood, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Michelle Terry, Bush Theatre, 8 August 2009”
After the chaos of the Alexander McQueen at the V&A – click here, the Wigmore Hall felt like a sanctuary. We had arranged a cold plate supper in advance, which worked fine, then enjoyed this excellent late night concert of violin, accordion and double bass music. Click here for Wigmore Hall stub that explains it … Continue reading “Anthony Marwood, James Crabb & Graham Mitchell, followed by Patricia Hammond and The Versatility Serenaders, Wigmore Hall, 10 July 2015”
We’ve mostly been very impressed by the stuff we’ve seen at the Finborough Theatre. We started trying the Finborough less than a year ago and this piece, White Guy On The Bus, was our tenth visit in that short time. Again we were most impressed. We thought we must have seen US playwright Bruce Graham’s … Continue reading “White Guy On The Bus by Bruce Graham, Finborough Theatre, 6 April 2018”
John Random and I had originally intended this National Gallery visit to take place on 6 April, but for reasons explained in the Ogblog piece here and below, the National Gallery element of our get together was postponed: Lord’s-related Lunches 6 & 10 April 2018, Then Middlesex v Northants Day One, Lord’s, 13 April 2018 … Continue reading “An Afternoon At The National Gallery And Stuff With John Random, 4 May 2018”
My log for this one reads: Programme (and hence all details) missing. Production OK but cluttered – much like the play. But all is not lost – it turns out that The Questors Theatre has one of the best theatrical archives of their own productions on the planet (who knew?), so everything you ever wanted … Continue reading “The Journalists by Arnold Wesker, The Questors Theatre, 7 December 1996”
With thanks to Martin Cook, from whom I have “borrowed” the above photograph, depicting Wayne Manhood with soccer ball and trophy, front-centre. Link available only to Alleyn’s Facebook alumni – hence the crossed-out appearance of this link.. Prescript This posting has generated a lot of discussion on the Alleyn’s 1970s Alumni Facebook Group, not least … Continue reading “On Learning That Former Schoolmate Wayne Manhood Had Died, c30 June 1981… Correction: 1986”
