Neil Norman
@njstreitberger.bsky.social
Writer, film/theatre critic, person of interests.
Falling Standards: How Evgeny Lebedev saved — then sank — London’s newspaper www.the-londoner.co.uk/falling-stan...
Falling Standards: How Evgeny Lebedev saved — then sank — London’s newspaper
‘Everyone was being run ragged by his absolutely ludicrous requests and tantrums’
the-londoner.co.uk
Whoopsadaisy. My review of Trainspotting: The Musical. www.express.co.uk/entertainmen...
'Trainspotting is just the ticket if you like rude, raucous and profane'
Irvine Welsh's nineties tale of Edinburgh junkies arrives in the West End with little regard to modern sensibilities... and it's the best feel-bad show in town
express.co.uk
NEW: It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. With @kjzz.org
Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.
propublica.org
MacMillan at his most reverential www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/kenn...
Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty at Royal Albert Hall: Sprinkled with fairy dust
Read our review of The Sleeping Beauty at Royal Albert Hall, London. Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet is sumptuous and glacially spectacular
thestage.co.uk
And jolly good it is, too. I enjoyed it immensely.
John Bleasdale@www.johnbleasdale.com · 2mo agoConnery a Novel is a work I’m very proud of. Unfortunately you won’t find it in the shops or on Amazon. You can only order it from @plumeria.co.uk please buy a copy. You’ll make an old Cumbrian writer happy. And as well as Melvyn Bragg. I’ll be happy too. plumeriapics.co.uk/shop/ols/pro...
Kurt Vonnegut's celebrated novel Slaughterhouse-Five made quite a good film back in 1972. But how well does it fare as a play? Read on and find out... www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/slau...
Slaughterhouse-Five (or the Children’s Crusade)
Read our review of Slaughterhouse-Five (or the Children’s Crusade) at Southwark Playhouse Borough: valiant attempt at staging Kurt Vonnegut’s sci-fi satire
thestage.co.uk
Oscar would have enjoyed this www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/an-i...
An Ideal Husband at the Lyric Hammersmith: Nicholai La Barrie stages Wilde's play in a contemporary setting
Read our review of An Ideal Husband at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London. Nicholai La Barrie's astute production of Oscar Wilde’s greatest play reinforces his continuing relevance
thestage.co.uk
Boom Boom!! My review of Yamato Japanese Drummers. www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/yama...
Yamato: Hito no Chikara at Peacock Theatre, London: Spectacular taiko drumming
Read our review of Yamato: Hito no Chikara – The Power of Human Strength at Peacock Theatre, London: all-embracing performance of taiko drumming is like musical martial arts
thestage.co.uk
My friend who used to say the final stage of corporate greed was demanding to be loved is never, ever proved wrong.
Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · 3mo ago3 actual quotes from this piece: “Can I afford the tax? Yes. Is it going to deter me? No. But I think it’s shameful. I provide a lot of money to people who are blue-collar workers who work for me, servers in restaurants." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/four...
Fourteen Again at the Victoria Wood Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere
Read our review of Fourteen Again at the Victoria Wood Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere: world premiere of Victoria Wood musical 10 years after her death in a theatre renamed in her honour has a certain...
thestage.co.uk
