Show #27 of #2017, and the @almeida_theatre never disappoints. This place has a 100% hit rate with me so far over the last few years. I had a ticket for #TheTreatment on the first night of the previews, and bunked off because I was SOOO tired. But it’s #marvellous - so refreshing a script and production. Cracking script from #MartinCrimp. Nice one #Almeida, roll on the second half. #theatre #london #londontheatre
Deposit at Hampstead Theatres | Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Show #26 of #2017 (after an exhausting few weeks) is #Deposit, #MattHartley’s play about two couples sharing a one-bedroom flat in London for year in order to save up… First performed right here @hampstead_theatre #downstairs in 2015, it’s been revised with some cuts, older characters to add to the desperation, and rising prices. And #Brexit “is the unspoken monster at the epicentre of the play”. Great to be back here. #theatre #londontheatre #london
Chummy at White Bear Theatre | Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Show #25 of #2017 was #Chummy at #whitebeartheatre which I shamefully ignored when I lived nearer. Bit of a miss unfortunately, mostly because it was so fooking cold in there with the AC cranked right up. Story was quite good, acting quite good but it never really got going in the freezing cold. Shame. #johnfoster #alicekornitzer #theatre #londontheatre
Life Of Galileo preview at Young Vic Theatre | Friday, May 12, 2017
Show #23 of #2017 earlier this week was a preview of #LifeOfGalileo @youngvictheatre which was full of energy and promises to be brilliant in the final run - apart from a tedious and immature musical number in the second half that nearly derailed the entire thing. But they picked it up and brought it back. Great staging, triffic music, make sure you sit around the outside - it’s three hours! #bertholdbrecht #theatre #londontheatre #youngvic
Rosencranz And Guildenstern Are Dead and over-rehearsed at Old Vic Theatre | Sunday, May 7, 2017
Show #22 of #2017 was a hyped-up #RosencranzAndGuildensternAreDead by the marvellous #TomStoppard. A decent @oldvictheatre production let-down by the two leads barking their well-rehearsed lines far too quickly at each other to give any resemblance of actual witty repartee. Totally overcooked. #DavidHaig was excellent, however. #theatre #london #londontheatre
Nuclear War at Royal Court Theatre | Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Show #21 of #2017 was the monumentally incomprehensible #NuclearWar @royalcourttheatre. Love the #RCT but scheduling a lullaby at 21:15 was unfair to those of us who don’t live at the #RCT. Not terrible but cheaper to read #IsaiahBerlin and be on the fast train to Slumberland. #NightNight #london #theatre wherever you are tonight
Filthy Business at Hampstead Theatre | Saturday, April 22, 2017
Show #19 of #2017: #FilthyBusiness @hampstead_theatre where £25 goes a lot further than earlier in the week - hopefully - with the final night (I think). Lovely to be back at one of my favourite #theatres in London, both inside and out. #london #theatre #hampsteadtheatre
Guards At The Taj at Bush Theatre | Thursday, April 20, 2017
#GuardsAtTheTaj @bushtheatre Oh dear. Show #18 of #2017 is a bit of a #stinker. A few nice moments, mostly histrionics with awkward pacing, some terrible dialogue and story, and the worst sound ever. Noise, harsh cut-offs, missed cue points. A lot of potential but one to avoid, a disgrace at £25 a ticket. #theatre #london #rajivjoseph
