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Friday, December 05, 2025

Category: Theatre

Blog Films Theatre

Cumberbatch and Miller Frankenstein live-stream

ward 29/04/2020

In case you missed this production of Frankenstein, here is a recap on the background and what is going to happen. In 2011, the legendary Danny Boyle directed a theatre … Read More

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Journey’s End movie

ward 30/01/2018

Journey’s End was originally a play by RC Sherriff. I studied it as part of my English literature A-level and I still vividly remember the characters and events decades later. … Read More

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Fuerza Bruta

ward 09/01/2014

This was what Fuertza Bruta was all about – spectacle, sensation, and an incredibly fun interactive experience.

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Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein starring Cumberbatch and Miller

ward 11/12/2013

Of course it could be down to the fact that the thing we went to see was absolutely incredible: Danny Boyle very ably directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in Frankenstein.

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Blog London Theatre

Ghost Stories review

ward 30/06/2011

We decided to see this the other day as we had an evening free and happened to walk past the Duke of York theatre where it was playing. If you … Read More

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War Horse Play review

ward 10/09/2010

I saw this the other night and was blown away. I knew it had puppet horses in it but little else. War Horse is about a horse called Joey and … Read More

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