Connected Cultures

Review The Gielgud Theatre, 11th March 2020 Ben Elton has really gone to London Town this time, with this extended live version of the daily life of the Bard...

The second annual virtual ceremony, once again rewarding Excellence, as perceived in the Connected Cultures world, defined by Montgomery C Burns (The Simpson...

Royal Shakespeare Company, The Swan Theatre, Saturday 2nd November 2019 As soon I saw King John stumble bleary eyed across the stage after a hard night’s par...

Let's be honest. For centuries we have been preparing to fight off invasions and they have never happened. This is our garden; we can grow what we like, cut ...

Who Do You Think You Are with Naomie Harris The Difference Between Facts and Truth The BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are is ageing a bit now, and I tend to chan...

Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon. Saturday 27th July 2019. This is a play where Shakespeare leaves us with more problems than he solves. That's...

So, what exactly is a problem play? Some of Shakespeare's plays just don't fit into the conventional categories of Tragedy, Comedy and History. They are spec...

Sunday 7th July 2019, Kings Cross. The Other Art Fair, promoted by Saatchi Art, offers a regular opportunity in London (also in Bloomsbury and Brick Lane), N...

Things like this never happen to England. Or rather, they never happen for England. But we have just won the Cricket World Cup. Oh my! Normally, we would fai...

The National, Friday 5th July 2019. Review. Nobody wants to be average, least of all Peter Gynt, the star of his own world in a reworking of a classic Norweg...

...and why Andrea Levy would have loved this production at The National. Before going to see Small Island at the National I had seen mostly good reviews, som...

The National Theatre: Wednesday 29th May 2019. Review. The Olivier set is limited. At first, all we have is a projected sea. The voyage has been long and har...

Women of the world unite and...fight? Review: Shakespeare's Globe, 5th March 2019 I cannot recall exactly when, but at some point I gave in to the theory tha...

Probing nationality, race, gender and universality Much has been made of Richard as the great play about England. This seems rather bold. It certainly deals w...

Royal Shakespeare Company at the Garrick Theatre, London Saturday 26th January 2019 Review Cervantes is sometimes accorded a similar status to Shakespeare. S...

Movie Review: 5 stars The Guardian film critic Pete Bradshaw was disgruntled by the lack of balance in this film. It’s true, Queen Elizabeth of England gets ...

Review Meliá White House Hotel, 11th to 13th January Art Rooms promised to be extra special for me this year. Having reviewed the exhibitions in the last thr...

Part 2: Hard to leave out... Due to the exceptionally high standard of art on display at the event, Connected Cultures is including in this section more of t...

Part 3: Returning Favourites It was a great pleasure to encounter three of my all time favourite Art Rooms exhibitors again at the 2019 event. Links to my re...

Royal Shakespeare Company, The Barbican, 29th December 2018 Review One word springs to mind. Understated. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s shortest plays, but...