Though I enjoyed the South Bank programme about the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) because of my interest in the Company and its work, I did start to feel that it was more like a promotional DVD, than an in-depth study. It is sad to see a long running show axed and I hope other shows take its place,…
This is the first year of my blog. I found time to write about some things more than others. Here are my cultural moments and events of 2009 ? Theatre (Shakespeare) The Tempest (RSC) – Courtyard Review and again on revisiting it in Sheffield Hamlet (RSC) at the Novello All’s Well That End’s Well (National) Othello (Northern Broadsides/West Yorkshire Playhouse)…
‘Yes, atmosphere is my style’. This quote from Turner was refered one of the final rooms of the exhibition and I found it very apt in summing up what I felt about this exhibition. Turner embodies the awesome and sublime that is the aesthetic of the Romantic movement. I think what interested me most about this exhibition is not…
Read more Turner and the Masters (Tate Britiain, 14th December 2009)
This is an amazing exhibition of Spanish Art, displaying artists and sculptors who attempted to bring the human and physical elements to the scared. What is really exciting about this exhibition is that normally many of the exhibits are in situ. I really liked the way that the exhibition tended to juxtapose painting and sculpture. There are some…
Read more The Sacred Made Real (National Gallery, 12th December 2009)
I felt that I was privileged to be able to attend the premiere of the Illuminations/BBC TV film version of Greg Doran’s RSC Hamlet at the BFI (British Film Institute). This blog is about the experience of being there at the screening, and I’ll wait until after the Boxing Day, when it is aired on…
This was a very complex and interesting play. I heard someone in the audience say that you had to really concentrate, so I did and was really prepared for the twists and turns. I tend to agree with Michael Billington’s review that the play seemed to be set in time and no where, and I found this made…
Read more Speaking in Tongues (Duke of York Theatre, 12th December 2009)
I came across this ice sculpture at St Pancras station and as I was on my home to watch the X Factor. I think it was there to make us think about climate change and the ice melting at the poles, but I was wondering what it was meant to say about the television programme the X Factor? Could…
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