A Rod Stewart extravaganza in Sheffield
TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT SHEFFIELD LYCEUM It’s unlikely Ben Elton scratched his head many minutes before coming up with the flimsy storyline that serves to showcase a couple of dozen Rod Stewar ...
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Orchestrally and chorally thrilling but there is a but
Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s Thebans at London Coliseum Sophocles (496-406BC) wrote the Theban plays over a wide interval of time. They were not written as a trilogy and are quite separate. Julian And ...
Forgotten Irish drama is well worth reviving
Robert Tanitch reviews John Ferguson at Finborough Theatre, London SW10 St John Ervine (1883-1971), a prolific Irish playwright, critic and biographer, has long been forgotten. The Finborough Theatre, ...
Fings aint wot they used t’be
Robert Tanitch review Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T‘Be at Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London E15 They certainly ain’t. I sat there, thinking this isn’t the show I remember. The cockney underworld mus ...