Monthly Archives: April 2014

Thérèse Raquin (Julie Atherton), who is unhappily married to Camille (Jeremy Legat), has a affair with Laurent (Ben Lewis), Camille’s best friend. The lovers decide to kill Camille on a boating trip, only to discover that the murder, far from … Continue reading →

There was a movie with Marlon Brando and David Niven in 1964 called Bedtime Story. It was remade with Michael Caine and Steve Martin in 1988 with the present title. A musical, with a book by Jeffrey Lane and music … Continue reading →

A satire at the expense of Simon Cowell and The X Factor might be good enough for an extended revue sketch; but it is hardly sufficient for an extravagantly designed, full-scale musical in a very large theatre. The satire is … Continue reading →

A great many choreographers have had a go but their ballets have never really worked. The complexity of Benjamin Britten’s score, its inordinate length and the poor narrative always get in the way of total success. David Bintley, artistic director … Continue reading →

Jon Robin Baitz’s American family drama will appeal to adult audiences who enjoy a good debate. The daughter, a blinkered depressive of Leftist persuasion, returns home after six years. She has written a memoir about the suicide of her brother, … Continue reading →

A happily married corporate lawyer has a two-night fling with a high-powered career woman who freaks out when she is ditched. The 1987 film, a psychological, misogynistic, nerve-racking, Hitchcockian nightmare, is a hard act to follow. Since the ultimate male … Continue reading →

I am surprised that the National Theatre has never invited Ray Cooney to direct a farce. He is the master farceur, second only to the great Georges Feydeau, and Two Into One is one of his best. Political sex scandals … Continue reading →

Warwick Davies, the most successful short actor in Britain, who has wanted to appear in a play for a long time, has cast himself in his own production and launched the Reduced Height Theatre Company. Everybody is under four feet … Continue reading →