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Robert Tanitch reviews The National Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet on Sky Arts

ROMEO AND JULIET was all set to go into rehearsal and open at The National Theatre in 2020 when Covid-19 closed all theatres. The National, very bravely, decided to go ahead with a hybrid version. Sha ...

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God’s Own Country director does two great actresses and their characters a disservice

Ammonite (March 26, on BFI iPlayer and digital outlets) Cert 15, 120 mins. Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country might have been a pale, self-conscious, and heavy-handed imitation of Brokeback Mountain, but ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Christopher Durang’s Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike on line

American playwright Christopher Durang won a Tony Best Play Award and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play in 2013 for his comedy at the Lincoln Center Theater New York directed by Nicholas Martin, ...

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Paula’s Wines of the Week – 29th March 2021

How is an online wine class different to the classroom? The basics are the same in that there’s still a teacher and course attendees, but rather than looking at each other across a table youR ...

andrew 440 views 0 likes Mar 30, 2021