Monthly Archives: October 2017

PRISM Hampstead Theatre

Robert Lindsay in Terry Johnson’s Prism is giving a bravura performance in a role specifically written for him, namely Jack Cardiff, the great British cinematographer, famous for his dazzling use of light and colour, now in his old and suffering … Continue reading

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BLINDING LIGHT Jermyn Street Theatre

Howard Brenton’s play, strongly acted, is about August Strindberg (played by Jasper Britton) and his three wives. Obsessed with alchemy and the occult, the author of Miss Julie is in Paris in 1896 having a mental crisis, which he would … Continue reading

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THE KNOWLEDGE Charing Cross Theatre

The success of Jack Rosenthal’s The Knowledge on TV in 1979 was in great part due to the filmed sequences by bike and motorcycle through the London streets. The Knowledge is the hardest taxi test in the world and without … Continue reading

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