Tag Archives: rural

The Man in the Woman’s Shoes, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on April 15, 2016 by mkmswain

Where else can you find a spot-on impression of a dog who thinks she’s a cockerel? That’s just one member of the menagerie conjured by the extraordinary Mikel Murfi, who also summons chickens, bees, seagulls, pigs, sheep and a dying … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged church, drama, ham and high, ireland, irish, london, love, Mikel Murfi, play, review, rural, seventies, sligo, the man in the womans shoes, theatre, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

Husbands & Sons, National Theatre

Posted on October 28, 2015 by mkmswain

If the thought of three hours of DH Lawrence fills you with dread, fear not. Ben Powers’ inspired melding of Lawrence’s trio of mining plays births a spellbindingly intimate epic with atmosphere thick as the coal dust engulfing this cloistered … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged A Collier’s Friday Night, adaptation, anne-marie duff, ben powers, class, coal, constellations, country, daughter, dh lawrence, dorfman, drama, drink, drunk, east midlands, education, family, husband, husbands and sons, joe armstrong, london, louise brealey, marianne elliott, marriage, mine, miners, mining, money, national theatre, nottinghamshire, pit, play, review, rural, son, strike, the arts desk, The Daughter-in-Law, The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd, theartsdesk, theatre, village, wife | Leave a comment

We Made It: Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Posted on June 13, 2015 by mkmswain

Zurich, London, New York…Somerset. It may seem unlikely, but an 18th-century farm in the West Country is the new place to be for contemporary art aficionados. Last year, renovations were completed on the 10 buildings of Durslade Farm, left to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Journalism | Tagged alice workman, architecture, art, artist, arts, bar, barn, bruton, building, conservation, contemporary art, country, countryside, don mccullin, drink, durslade farm, eat, education, english heritage, exhibition, farm, free, gallery, garden, gardening, grill, hauser and wirth, historic, installation, jenny holzer, landscape, lapace, learn, learning, photo, photographer, photography, phyllida barlow, piet oudolf, Pipilotti Rist, restaurant, restoration, rural, shop, somerset, south west, visit, we made it, zhang enli | Leave a comment

Uncle Vanya, St James Theatre

Posted on October 14, 2014 by mkmswain

Purists may take issue with Anya Reiss’s incursion into the classics – having already tackled The Seagull and Three Sisters, she’s now turned her dogged 21st-century gaze on Uncle Vanya – but Reiss’s adaptation, though fresh and punchy, in fact is … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adaptation, anya reiss, chekhov, country, dick van dyke, drama, eco, family, farm, feminism, green, john hannah, london, modern, overpopulation, play, resources, review, rural, russia, russian, st james theatre, the arts desk, the seagull, theartsdesk, theatre, three sisters, uncle vanya, updating | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: rural

The Man in the Woman’s Shoes, Tricycle Theatre

Husbands & Sons, National Theatre

We Made It: Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Uncle Vanya, St James Theatre

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