Connected Cultures

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

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

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!...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The First Annual Connected Cultures Awards 2018 Recognising excellence, as perceived in the Connected Cultures world, defined by...

The Inaugural Connected Cultures Special Award for Cultural Connectivity 2018 With this award we are celebrating excellence in Cultural...

In many ways Macbeth is the most popular of Shakespeare’s Big Four tragedies. Maybe of all his plays. Hardest to get tickets for at the...

Connected Cultures Favourites: A selective review of the year, focusing on the words, names and phrases that have found a special place...

Shakespeare's Globe, Monday 8th October 2018 Review A tragedy at The Globe is invariably a triumph, especially when it’s one of the...

In my review of the production at the Globe Theatre in the autumn of 2018, I posited the theory that Othello is not essentially about...