-
Recent Posts
Tags
Archives
Follow me on Twitter
- @AlexaCoghlan Yay so good! 12 hours ago
- RT @PersianRose1: This gorilla looks like he wants pictures of Spiderman on his desk by noon https://t.co/aKQEphkxVy 20 hours ago
- Seconded twitter.com/matthemley/sta… 21 hours ago
Links
Tag Archives: thriller
Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast
On my May MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Cutting a fine figure Giacometti’s full body of work revealed in a major Tate Modern retrospective Don’t miss: Making waves The British Museum goes beyond Hokusai’s iconic print Commuter corner Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism
Tagged amanda mccall, art, arts, beauty and the beast, beyond the great wave, book, british museum, commute, commuter, exhibition, feminist, gallery, giacometti, gloria steinem, hokusai, into the water, japan, japanese, judy blume, london, magazine, makers, moveto, moveto town and country, ms marvel, museum, novel, oprah winfrey, paula hawkins, podcast, read, shonda rhimes, tate modern, the girl on the train, the great wave, things to do, things to see, thriller, women
Leave a comment
The Brink, Orange Tree Theatre
Generation Y are worriers. There’s certainly plenty to fuel that angst, from mounting debts, employment uncertainty and the ever-worsening housing crisis to international conflict and terrorism – as explored by a slew of recent articles (and the occasional “How anxious … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anxiety, brad birch, conspiracy, david bowie, drama, fear, generation y, heroes, london, mel hillyard, millennial, orange tree theatre, play, review, school, teacher, the arts desk, the brink, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, worry
Leave a comment
Hangmen, Wyndham’s Theatre
Just what constitutes reasonable behaviour in an enlightened society? Not long ago, the death penalty fell under that umbrella in Britain, and state-sanctioned killing as punishment for the crime of, well, killing is just the kind of twisted irony that … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged capital punishment, crime, david morrissey, death, drama, farce, hang, hanged, hangmen, johnny flynn, justice, london, martin mcdonagh, murder, oldham, pierrepoint, pinter, play, pub, review, royal court, sixties, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, west end
Leave a comment
Xanadu, Southwark Playhouse
It trashed Olivia Newton-John’s film career, halted the movie-musical revival, and was so critically reviled it led to the creation of the Razzies. How, then, could the stage version of hubristic 1980 flop Xanadu become a 2007 Broadway hit? The answer, … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1980s, 80s, america, ancient greece, andrew lloyd webber, andrews sisters, art, artist, australian, broadway, california, calliope, camp, christmas, clio, comedy, dancing, disco, drama, eighties, elo, evil woman, festive, film, gene kelly, greek, jazz, jeff lynne, leg warmers, london, mount olympus, movie, muse, musical, Nathan M Wright, olivia newton-john, pastiche, physical, play, pop, review, rock, roller skate, rolling skating, satire, singing, skating, southwark playhouse, swing, tap, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, venice beach, vogue, xanadu, zeus
Leave a comment
Strictly Speaking: Week 6
Bitter experience has obliterated all possible hope for Strictly’s annual fright fest – best watched several dozen drinks in, when the more disturbing details begin to blur round the edges – but this was an abysmal show even by Halloween … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, celebrity, charleston, costume, dance, dance off, dancing, danny dyer, dressing up, eastenders, eliminated, georgia may foote, ghost, ghostbusters, halloween, jamelia, jeremy vine, jive, kirsty gallacher, latin, rocky horror picture show, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, the addams family, thriller
Leave a comment
Communicating Doors, Menier Chocolate Factory
Genre mixing is a perilous business. Successful hybrids use duelling forms to re-contextualise or revolutionise; others wind up fatally diluting their disparate elements. Ayckbourn’s 1994 sci fi comedy thriller – featuring, at its nadir, a farcical defenestration mistaken for a … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged Alan Ayckbourn, blithe spirit, comedy, communicating doors, crime, david bamber, dickens, dominatrix, drama, farce, faust, hotel, husband, imogen stubbs, lindsay posner, london, menier chocolate factory, murder, noir, paradox, play, rachel tucker, review, s&m, sci fi, science fiction, sex, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, time travel, time warp, wife
Leave a comment
