Posts Tagged ‘Kyle Soller’
Thursday 19 April 2018

What can we say about The Inheritance that you might not have already heard?
That the publicity on the tin calls it a “hilarious and profound heartbreaker”. We are unable to disagree with that even if the contents are in two parts and spread over 7 hours. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Andrew Burnap, Bob Crowley, comedy, E M Forster, entertainment, Howards End, John Benjamin Hickey, Kyle Soller, London, Matthew Lopez, Paul Hilton, play, review, Samuel H. Levine, Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance, theatre, Vanessa Redgrave, Young Vic
Friday 9 December 2016
A few weeks ago, on the Nothern Line, while Phil was running his fingers along the lines of type in the Metro he noticed he was sitting next to a woman concentrating on a script with all the “Mrs Elvsted” parts underlined. Suspecting it might be for the National’s Hedda Gabler he went off and did a bit of internet stalking and discovered that it was Sinéad Matthews who takes that role in the this production.
Perhaps Phil should have torn her manuscript into pieces, scribbled notes all over it so that she could piece it back together again to get a better understanding of her role. To explain that would need a SPOILER ALERT. Of course if it had been Ruth Wilson (who plays this Hedda) next to him he’d have torched it for her. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Éva Magyar, Chuckwudi Iwuji, entertainment, Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen, Ivo Van Hove, Jan Versweyveld, Kate Duchêne, Kyle Soller, London, National Theatre, Patrick Marber, play, Rafe Spall, review, Ruth Wilson, Sinead Matthews, theatre, west end
Monday 31 December 2012
Inappropriately, since it was the Olympic year, we’re a bit late off the starting blocks with our highly-anticipated annual Whingie Awards.
Frankly we believed we might not need to bother. The world was going to end. Andrew had packed his onesie and headed off to Bugarach. Phil was left sitting around in his meggins self-medicating in preparation musing which shows would be the theatrical cockroaches that might survive the impending apocalypse.
The Mousetrap obviously, Phantom and The Woman in Black no doubt, though perhaps Viva Forever! should hunker in a bunker and pray.
Of course it wasn’t the end after all. The world continues and we must carry on going to the theatre. It’s a bit of a let down. But as we toast the new and possibly unlucky New Year of 2013 we’ve had our hands down the back of the theatrical sofa digging for the occasional treasure, copious amounts of fluff and the occasional best-forgotten unmentionable. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alan Bennett, Alex Lawther, Anastasia Hille, Anna Friel, Anthony Andrews, Billie Piper, Bingo, Bully Boy, Bunny Christie, Cillian Murphy, Constellations, Damian Humbley, Damned by Despair, Debbie Kurrup, Detroit, entertainment, I Dreamed a Dream, Ian Kelly, Imelda Staunton, Jonjo O'Neill, Josefina Gabrielle, Joshua McGuire, Joshua Miles, Katherine Kingsley, Kyle Soller, London, Long Day's journey into Night, Love, Love Love., Luke Treadaway, Mark Umbers, Merrily We Roll Along, Michael Ball, Michael Longhurst, Mike Bartlett, Miriam Buether, Misterman, Mr Foote's Other Leg, musical, Nicholas Farrell, Nick Payne, Our Boys, Paul Chahidi, People, play, Posh, Privates on Parade, Rafe Spall, Rupert Goold, Sally Hawkins, Scarlett Strallen, Simon Russell Beale, Singin' in the Rain, South Downs / The Browning Version, Susan Boyle, Sweeney Todd, The Bodyguard, The Cottesloe, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Effect, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Lion in Winter, The Magistrate, theatre, Tom Scutt, Top Hat, Trevor White, Twelfth Night, Uncle Vanya, Viva Forever, west end, Whingie Awards
Wednesday 9 May 2012
“I don’t feel so bad about my drinking now,” chirped Andrew as he breezed out of the Apollo Theatre after Long Day’s Journey into Night and headed into a local hostelry feeling utterly reborn as a paragon of self-restraint.
History shall record that Eugene O’Neil’s life and works were not in vain then. His famously long autobiographical drama about a dysfunctional family (which he didn’t want published until 25 years after his death and never, ever performed) has served at least one useful purpose. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Anthony Page, David Suchet, entertainment, Eugene O'Neill, Kyle Soller, Laurie Metcalf, London, Long Day's journey into Night, play, review, Rosie Sanson, theatre, Trevor White, west end
Monday 11 July 2011
Yet more arts cuts!
As this man has pointed out, there is a new theatrical trend in town – culling of definite article.
first victim was Seagull at Arcola) and now Young Vic wades in with Government Inspector.
It’s a trend that rather suits us as it involves less typing and we hereby embrace it wholeheartedly. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Amanda Lawrence, David Harrower, Doon Mackichan, entertainment, Government Inspector, Julian Barratt, Kyle Soller, London, Louise Brealey, Nikolai Gogol, off-West End, play, review, Richard Jones, theatre, Young Vic