Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
It’s still a wonderful life
An uplifting Christmas classic never fails to move
Scares and spies
From ghostly thrills to Cold War chills
An entertaining oddity
If you can see past the water-based sex, The Lady From The Sea is worth watching
Life in the press gang
A scattergun memoir with the decline of newspapers as gloomy backdrop
Shakespeare’s backstory
Born with Teeth makes for a diverting, thought-provoking evening
A hint of the mystical
Music has inspired two fine new productions
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