I must admit, when I first heard that Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters had been renamed One Man, Two Guvnors in Richard Bean's new version, I wasn't optimistic (and I still don't like the new title although I can't quite put my finger on why; there's just something fakely geezerish about it that puts me off.) James Corden as the titular ( Read more... )

This week I finally upgraded my mobile to a smartphone that I can use Twitter from on the move. So obviously this'll change the nature of my tweets drastically: The same uninspiring comments, but now posted in a completely different way! Try to contain your excitement. Also, last Saturday at 6pm was meant to be the Rapture. If so, a lot of people ( Read more... )

With an almost all-star cast, the National's revival of Alan Ayckbourn's domestic tragicomedy Season's Greetings is bound to be a big draw. Marianne Elliott's assured production means audiences are unlikely to be disappointed although they might want to take a hint from the poster image which shows the cast all looking miserable: This isn't going ( Read more... )

Director Indhu Rubasingham has done some work I've really liked this year, but while doing that she was also putting together this pretty ambitious season of short plays, presented in two parts at the Tricycle. Women, Power and Politics' first half focuses on the past, from the Elizabethan era to the 1980s, although in actual fact two of the four ( Read more... )