tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125572252024-03-14T02:05:07.839+00:00Five-Word ReviewsLondon musicals and plays reviewed.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-33478620023681393002009-12-08T20:14:00.004+00:002009-12-08T20:26:58.769+00:00Guest Five-Word Review of: Calendar Girls (Noël Coward Theatre)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/Sx62IxcLGJI/AAAAAAAAAEw/pj5s20LK5f8/s1600-h/calendar-girls.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/Sx62IxcLGJI/AAAAAAAAAEw/pj5s20LK5f8/s200/calendar-girls.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412964063972628626" border="0" /></a>Heartwarming ensemble of experienced actresses.<br /><br /><br />Guest review by: <a href="http://twitter.com/candacekuss">Candace Kuss</a>Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-91896734724957948772009-12-08T20:03:00.004+00:002009-12-08T20:10:06.016+00:00Guest Five-Word Review of: Lady Julia (Hen and Chickens Theatre)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/Sx6yHksWOPI/AAAAAAAAAEg/Is9a8h57tlg/s1600-h/Lady_Julia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/Sx6yHksWOPI/AAAAAAAAAEg/Is9a8h57tlg/s200/Lady_Julia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412959645324425458" border="0" /></a>You can't improve on Strindberg.<br /><br /><br />Guest review by: Margaret HardieDevon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-37285965802666904042009-10-19T00:28:00.000+01:002010-02-23T00:44:56.940+00:00Guest Five-Word Review of: The Author (Jerwood Theatre)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/S4MkwWvrrWI/AAAAAAAAAE4/H6qifROY5Bs/s1600-h/Author_Jerwood.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 147px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441233187951586658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/S4MkwWvrrWI/AAAAAAAAAE4/H6qifROY5Bs/s320/Author_Jerwood.jpg" /></a> Author-abuser alienates actors, audience.<br /><br /><br /><br />Guest review by: Margaret HardieDevon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-52580429109651057312009-08-26T15:01:00.004+01:002009-08-26T15:09:47.579+01:00Five-Word Review of: Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SpVBMBixPAI/AAAAAAAAAD4/pqm7igIwDkQ/s1600-h/Pickpockets.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SpVBMBixPAI/AAAAAAAAAD4/pqm7igIwDkQ/s200/Pickpockets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374273405165059074" border="0" /></a>Huge cast decorates spectacular set.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-8250706360403214982009-08-14T10:33:00.003+01:002009-08-14T10:40:51.504+01:00Five-Word Review of: Hamlet (Wyndham's Theatre)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoUvctTz0mI/AAAAAAAAACo/mjTOHUBrug4/s1600-h/Jude_Law_Hamlet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoUvctTz0mI/AAAAAAAAACo/mjTOHUBrug4/s200/Jude_Law_Hamlet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369750300954710626" border="0" /></a>Ensemble can't touch <a href="http://fivewordreviews.blogspot.com/2009/01/five-word-review-of-hamlet-royal.html">RSC's production</a>.<br /><br /><br />(Starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000179/">Jude Law</a>.)Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-31628089847120382752009-07-14T11:05:00.009+01:002009-08-14T12:38:30.579+01:00Five-Word Review of: As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVMoUs1peI/AAAAAAAAADY/n3AHfradd9o/s1600-h/Globe+Image+Library+-+As+You+Like+It+Performance+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVMoUs1peI/AAAAAAAAADY/n3AHfradd9o/s200/Globe+Image+Library+-+As+You+Like+It+Performance+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369782386344437218" border="0" /></a>Magical production, as Shakespeare intended.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-15944767528958060712009-06-22T10:53:00.003+01:002009-08-14T11:51:36.159+01:00Five-Word Review of: The Comedy Store Players (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVBizJRFZI/AAAAAAAAADA/Mu1UOHBH-m8/s1600-h/Comedy_Store.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 98px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVBizJRFZI/AAAAAAAAADA/Mu1UOHBH-m8/s200/Comedy_Store.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369770196809618834" border="0" /></a>Same as usual, only outside.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-6414235816161132522009-06-11T10:58:00.001+01:002009-08-14T11:23:51.083+01:00Guest Five-Word Review of: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Palace Theatre)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoU2hT7bE_I/AAAAAAAAACw/NDArP5DMKs0/s1600-h/Priscilla_Palace_Theatre.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoU2hT7bE_I/AAAAAAAAACw/NDArP5DMKs0/s200/Priscilla_Palace_Theatre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369758076622279666" border="0" /></a>Heartfelt camp won me over.<br /><br /><br />Guest review by: <a href="http://brandstreet.co.uk/">Candace Kuss</a>Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-19140474993621636432009-05-09T17:37:00.004+01:002009-08-14T12:02:04.838+01:00Guest Five-Word Review of: Dido, Queen of Carthage (National Theatre)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVCx9o2OHI/AAAAAAAAADI/F1L85COVhlg/s1600-h/Dido.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVCx9o2OHI/AAAAAAAAADI/F1L85COVhlg/s200/Dido.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369771556836096114" border="0" /></a>Marlowe should've stuck to spying.<br /><br /><br />Guest review by: <a href="http://twitter.com/drys">Annie Drynan</a>Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-84939287833620565732009-05-09T11:24:00.004+01:002009-08-14T11:39:36.575+01:00Five-Word Review of: A Little Night Music (Garrick Theatre)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoU8iS3FEnI/AAAAAAAAAC4/hTuYNgu90As/s1600-h/A_Little_Night_Music.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoU8iS3FEnI/AAAAAAAAAC4/hTuYNgu90As/s200/A_Little_Night_Music.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369764690585260658" border="0" /></a>Lively revival with moving performances.<br /><br />(Directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638080/">Trevor Nunn</a>.)Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-32049114662408702302009-02-24T15:33:00.002+00:002009-02-24T15:37:53.662+00:00Five-Word Review of: Twelfth Night (Wyndham's Theatre)Jacobi is faultless as Malvolio.<br /><br />(Starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001394/">Derek Jacobi</a>.)Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-31833480487161221042009-02-16T14:36:00.002+00:002009-02-16T14:43:18.007+00:00Five-Word Review of: The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)Satisfying resolution eludes raunchy modernization.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-91502607127756770612009-02-15T20:14:00.000+00:002009-02-16T14:47:17.144+00:00Guest Five-Word Review of: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)<span class="status-body"><span><span class="entry-content">Acting overcomes "Mad Max" faeries.<br /><br /><br />Guest review by: <a href="http://brandstreet.co.uk/">Candace Kuss</a><br /></span></span></span>Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-43813857266376443052009-01-12T10:54:00.001+00:002009-08-14T12:22:06.587+01:00Five-Word Review of: Showstopper (King's Head Theatre)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVI1f_oGpI/AAAAAAAAADQ/O_GGZrKrjPk/s1600-h/lucy_trodd_in_Showstopper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVI1f_oGpI/AAAAAAAAADQ/O_GGZrKrjPk/s200/lucy_trodd_in_Showstopper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369778214667819666" border="0" /></a>Musical improv - an audience pleaser.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-75751318543380496012009-01-11T16:14:00.000+00:002009-02-24T16:18:11.574+00:00Five-Word Review of: Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)Tennant’s back(!) with justified hype.<br /><br />(Starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001772/">Patrick Stewart</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855039/">David Tennant</a>.)Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-12172770459385683412009-01-09T15:42:00.000+00:002009-02-24T15:46:22.500+00:00Five-Word Review of: Roaring Trade (Soho Theatre)Resonates with a roaring "CRUNCH"!Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-31819093405244692902008-12-13T09:28:00.000+00:002008-12-13T09:34:44.927+00:00Five-Word Review of: Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)Bennett masters Hamlet. Tennant, who?<br /><br /><br />(Starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001772/">Patrick Stewart</a>.)Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-52211910303132051232008-11-24T11:50:00.000+00:002009-02-24T15:53:54.213+00:00Five-Word Review of: Ivanov (Wyndham's Theatre)Engaging production of depressing material.<br /><br />(Starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000110/">Kenneth Branagh</a>.)Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-85931133117290100272008-11-14T14:56:00.001+00:002008-11-14T15:00:14.599+00:00Five-Word Review of: Waste (Almeida Theatre)Fine acting portraying English stuffiness.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-27143252849042080182008-09-17T19:02:00.001+01:002009-08-14T12:45:21.718+01:00Five-Word Review of: Timon of Athens (Shakespeare's Globe)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVOQ7SmANI/AAAAAAAAADg/f1r8IIlIqRA/s1600-h/Globe+Image+Library+-+Timon+of+Athens+8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVOQ7SmANI/AAAAAAAAADg/f1r8IIlIqRA/s200/Globe+Image+Library+-+Timon+of+Athens+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369784183409737938" border="0" /></a>Shows credit crunch’s “shitty” aftermath.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-72624307283465042392008-09-10T21:21:00.000+01:002008-09-10T21:24:30.416+01:00Special notice: Time magazine quoteCheck out the <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1834674,00.html">Time </a>quote!Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-43845315642549113682008-08-20T11:01:00.001+01:002009-08-14T12:47:17.455+01:00Five-Word Review of: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare's Globe)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVOsWzD6SI/AAAAAAAAADo/7SqvTNJbmzc/s1600-h/Globe+Image+Library+-+The+Merry+Wives+of+Windsor+6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVOsWzD6SI/AAAAAAAAADo/7SqvTNJbmzc/s200/Globe+Image+Library+-+The+Merry+Wives+of+Windsor+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369784654650140962" border="0" /></a>Delightful production of Elizabethan "sitcom".Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-50759850099005292122008-08-14T10:29:00.001+01:002009-08-14T12:49:16.900+01:00Five-Word Review of: King Lear (Shakespeare's Globe)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVPHKObcdI/AAAAAAAAADw/aEJvSxmNP1c/s1600-h/Globe+Image+Library+-+King+Lear+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X24ffQcrKls/SoVPHKObcdI/AAAAAAAAADw/aEJvSxmNP1c/s200/Globe+Image+Library+-+King+Lear+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369785115131736530" border="0" /></a>Excellent performance shows tragedy’s darkness.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-61433153807779709332008-08-12T12:04:00.000+01:002008-08-20T10:14:15.929+01:00Five-Word Review of: Fat Pig (The Trafalgar Studios)Wittily entertains without over sentimentalizing.<br /><br /><br />(Starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916267/">Robert Webb </a>and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550994/">Kris Marshall </a>.)Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12557225.post-14884368218960803122008-08-05T10:01:00.000+01:002008-08-20T10:03:42.662+01:00Five-Word Review of: West Side Story Preview (New Wimbledon Theatre)Promising cast performs enthusiastic preview.Devon Dudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762024025149729019noreply@blogger.com0