A Passage of Time. Review by Barbara Lewis. A volume of Lily Phillips’ poems, illustrated by Webb’s photographs of the young poet as she grapples with the emotions of early womanhood/late girlhood.
Poetry Review- COLLECTED POEMS: Tom Phillips welcomes a comprehensive retrospective view of David Cooke’s poetic career to date
ORWELL: THE NEW LIFE: Kevin Saving discusses D J Taylor’s new biography of George Orwell
Poetry Review – ICE CREAM ‘N’ TAR: Amelia Walker recommends careful reading of JV Birch’s powerful poetry about the climate crisis
Poetry review – RAIN FALLING: Jean Atkin adds her own high commendations to a prize-winning collection by Sarah Leavesley
Frans Hals Exhibition. Review by Barbara Lewis. Frans Hals (1582-1666) painted portraits, “nothing, nothing, nothing but that,” wrote van Gogh to fellow painter Emile Bernard, but that they were “worth Dante’s Paradise and the Michelangelos and Raphaels and even the Greeks”.
Poetry review – THE TALL GOLDEN MINUTE: Kelly Davis welcomes a new and wide-ranging collection from Linda Saunders
Poetry review – ACCESSIONING: Emma Storr considers Charlotte Wetton’s poems on the importance of remembering
Poetry review – TORMENTIL: Paul McDonald marvels that a tiny yellow flower has inspired so much fine poetry from Ian Humphreys
Poetry review – WOMEN IN COMFORTABLE SHOES: Kate Noakes is impressed by Selima Hill’s collection of cleverly constructed sequences
Pearls of the Deep. Review by Alan Price. All of the short films in this portmanteau production are adaptations from the stories of Bohumil Hrabal (1914 -1997) who was one of the most important Czech writers of the 20th century.
Malevo. Review by Barbara Lewis. Any thoughts the scheduled ninety minutes might be too long for a macho display of virility were banished by a superbly coordinated frenzy of frantic footwork and brilliant bravado.
By Barbara Lewis • dance, performance, theatre, year 2023 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, dance, performance, theatre