Poetry review – MINDFUL: Neil Elder is shaken by John Weston’s pamphlet which is as much a social and political document as it is a sequence of poems
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Poetry review – HIVE: Charles Rammelkamp is captivated by Suzanne Mercury’s poem which draws on numerology and apiculture
Happy End. Review by Alan Price. Oldritch Lipsky’s film Happy End technically has a tight control of its narrative – the reverse action is brilliantly used to evoke silent cinema comedy: a Mack Sennet madness gleefully backing off into a time before our hero’s crime.
Poetry review – WHAT IS LEFT: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a harrowing chapbook by Bunkong Tuon
New York City Ballet at Sadlers Wells. Review by Julia Pascal. George Balanchine founded New York City Ballet and gave us classical technique without classical narratives. His work is described as neo-classic or even anti-classic. But since his death in 1983 the Company has been looking at other creatives to provide Company identity.
Poetry review – TOOK MY WAY DOWN, LIKE A MESSENGER, TO THE DEEP: Edmund Prestwich admires the intricacy of Linda France’s sonnet sequence linking the paintings of Leonora Carrington with the experience of lockdown
Face To Face (Bergman). Review by Alan Price. All Bergman enthusiasts will want to see Face to Face. It’s not one of his masterpieces but contains masterly passages sealed and crowned by Liv Ulman.
Poetry review – CHEAP MOTELS OF MY YOUTH: Charles Rammelkamp warmly welcomes a new collection by George Bilgere Cheap Motels of My Youth George Bilgere Rattle, 2024 ISBN: 978-1-931307-56-7 40 pages $9.00 George Bilgere’s poems are always poignant and funny, clever and intelligent. He writes movingly about age and time, just as […]
Poetry review – OVER THE EDGE: James Roderick Burns willingly follows Norbert Hirschhorn on a bold exploration of the sadder and darker aspects of life and relationships
Poetry review – HOLLYWOOD OR HOME: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys Kathryn Gray’s excursions into the illusory world of film where the past seems to be preserved even as time moves on for the rest of us.
The London Handel Players, after touring Northern Ireland, Spain, Turkey, Canada and America, have returned to base for the 2023 – 2024 season. The ensemble specialises in Baroque chamber music.
Blue. Review by Barbara Lewis. George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, which triggered waves of Black Lives Matter protests, together with the U.S. Capitol attacks of January 2021, when off-duty police officers were found to be among the rioters, inspired June Carryl to write Blue.
By Barbara Lewis • plays, theatre, year 2024 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, plays, theatre