Oh happy day! Clearly Fiona Shaw reads this blog (someone has to) and she has done the right thing and decided to spend a LOT more time on stage – so, pretty much as soon as the mighty “Mother Courage and Her Children” closes its run at the National Theatre, Ms. Shaw returns to Wilton [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Fiona Shaw in “The Waste Land”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fiona Shaw, Fiona Shaw in "The Waste Land", T.S. Eliot, Wilton's Music Hall on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Habit of Art”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Fiona Shaw in Mother Courage", "The Power of Yes", Alan Bennett, David Hare, Frances de la Tour, Michael Gambon, National Theatre, Richard Griffiths, The Habit of Art, Theatre on November 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Alan Bennett’s new play, “The Habit of Art” opened yesterday. Seeing it, I was reminded of something that David Hare wrote about the reception of “Pravda”, the Fleet Street satire that he co-wrote with Howard Brenton. Before a single review had been written, before a single line had been spoken, the two authors, sitting in [...]
“…And Then We Could Eat Our Own Shit.”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eating Shit, Enthusiastic Account Guy, Jakarta, Simon Cowell, Workshop on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I’ve banged on long enough and often enough on this site about my loathing for the horrifying cliché of lazy thinking that is “the workshop” – but I’m afraid that I just can’t help myself. I’ve just returned from Jakarta (oh – and by the way, it’s a shit-hole. Just to be clear, the hotel [...]
Jakarta
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Enthusiastic Account Guy, Jakarta, Workshop on November 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I don’t want to go to Jakarta. It follows then, as night follows day, that Jakarta is exactly where I AM going on Tuesday night. This arse of a trip is designed for one stupid reason only: the holding of that behemoth of contemporary corporate life: the workshop. I won’t witter on about the ghastliness [...]
Saints’ Tales for Children
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daughter, Eldest Son, Family, Saints' Tales for Children, St John the Baptist, St Martha, St Michael, Wife, Youngest Son on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If anyone is interested in knowing about a gap in the market (and, I dare say, a market in the gap) then stories of the Saints, told for children (ie: the cool bits, with only a glancing dose of holiness) is a real opportunity. This half term’s homework has been for each of our children [...]
