On encountering Antony Sher’s large work The Audience in the foyer of the Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre, I realise that the subject matter also touches on my own life as at points I’ve encountered the portrayals characters in the painting. Richard III was the first play, I saw at the RSC, and twenty…
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In the intimate space of the Donmar, A Doll’s House felt so much like a proscenium arch play. What I mean by this is that, as the audience, we are not invited into the world of the play. It is a play about secrets that happen behind closed doors, and I felt that I was…
making space Breeze of the Morning, Cannonball Tree, Seychelles, Hillside from a Persian Rug, Lavender Border, The Rose…..I Wish My Garden Was really Like ThisBaby and Butterfly, Crossing, The Sun Shone From a Different Place, Summer Breeze, OppositionLenin in Lehnstuhl, Pruning, St Bartholomew Exquisite Pain, Crucifixion and Mountain, Lung Cross Section……Inbetween, – cats and dogs-…
Read more Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009 (20th June 2009)
I really find this play a difficult play to get to grips with. I am glad that I found it funny and strange and that I am still puzzled by the ending. Loved seeing the Theatre Royal production. Thought they did a great job. My memory was of the Peter Hall directed film before this.…
Read more The Homecoming (York Theatre Royal, 17th June 2009)
Julie Raby 