Shame it’s based on reality
Eileen Caiger-Gray reviews BRASSED OFF at Sheffield Lyceum theatre Following its huge success as a film in 1996, Brassed Off was adapted for stage by Paul Allen, opening at the Crucible in 1998. Now t ...
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There are some films you feel you really ought to see
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Entertainment One) is based on Solomon Northup’s memoir and Steve McQueen’s film, to nobody’s surprise, won an Oscar for Best Film. A free blac ...
Clubs are definitely not trumps
Robert Tanitch reviews Ace of Clubs at Union Theatre, London SE1 The great thing about The Union Theatre, under the artistic direction of Sasha Regan, is that you can catch up on musicals you thought ...
Fragile, confusing chill of winter
Fifty-two-year-old Philippe Claudel taught literature in the French prison system in Nancy while writing dark, award-winning novels before beginning his career as a film Writer/Director in 2008 with I ...