A new municipal HQ for the Borough of Tower Hamlets is being built on the site of the old Royal London Hospital, and it’s due to open in 2022.
year 2018
Nick Cooke examines an ambitious biographical poem-sequence by Patricia McCarthy
Neil Curry fears that wit and breadth of imagination are becoming undervalued by contemporary poets
Stuart Henson enjoys Richie McCaffery’s conversational and sharp-witted poetry – and his knack of crafting a good punch-line.
Angela Topping admires Mark Mansfield’s carefully controlled and crafted poems for their plain speaking
This piece of theatre is inspired by La Maladie de la Mort, Marguerite Duras’ 1982 novella. The original text explored a homosexual’s purchase of a woman in a vain search for love.
Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt defied theatre’s limitations with a vast cast, sprawling action and special effects.
Merryn Williams loves anthologies and finds this collection of travel poems to be a good and inspiring example
Jessica Mookherjee’s collection Flood contains poems so fiercely inventive that “Riptide” might even be a fitting title observes Brian Docherty
Thomas Ovans takes a close look at a collection of haiku by James Roderick Burns
Josephine Corcoran’s poetry succeeds in addressing both actual and imagined experience, observes Emma Lee
Damon Runyan’s short stories inspired what has become an iconic and much-loved Broadway musical and movie – Guys and Dolls.
By Julia Pascal • musicals, theatre, year 2018 • Tags: Julia Pascal, musicals, theatre