Straight Line Crazy, Bridge Theatre, review: Ralph Fiennes exudes brute force as New York’s master builder
Much of our attention is, rightly, riveted eastwards at the moment. But in Straight Line Crazy, David Hare’s interest pivots, rarely for him, westwards. His habitual dramatic…
David Hare: If Thatcher had been in charge during Covid, ‘I don’t think so many people would be dead’
Since his recovery he has “streamlined” his daily life to prioritise his writing – and discovered that “if you just write, you will write an awful lot.”…
Did you get a metal detector for Christmas? Here’s what to do next…
So, on Christmas Day, you unwrapped your metal detector – the one you’ve wanted since you were 13. Now what? Surely it’s only a matter of time…
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, review: where’s JK Rowling when we need her most?
It clocks in at nearly two hours, including ad breaks. And almost everyone ever involved in Potter – again with one exception – appears to have been…
Rasputin: the truth behind the legend of the ‘mad monk’
Robert K Massie, in his groundbreaking biography Nicholas and Alexandra, suggested that Rasputin was simply a calming presence: “Weaving his tales, filling a darkened room with his…
The King’s Man, review: a swashbuckling Ralph Fiennes ends up on the wrong side of history
The most successful Kingsman-like touch here is the Blofeld-like villain – who is, rather hilariously, a bitter Scottish nationalist, orchestrating the First World War and the 1917…
The biggest stars of British theatre in 2021 didn’t even set foot on a stage
Likewise, you could see why Andrew Lloyd Webber was so keen to get his latest musical, Cinderella, open, even vowing he’d risk jail by flouting social distancing…
Four Quartets at the Harold Pinter Theatre, review: a tour de force by Ralph Fiennes
“There is no end, but addition: the trailing consequence of further days and hours.” So intones Ralph Fiennes in this staged recital of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets…