The Rock & Roll Public Library

The Rock & Roll Public Library

Michael HollandMar 4, 2025

Mick Jones’ Punk Archive & The Clash’s Legacy For fans of music, punk, and pre-digital pop culture, The Rock & Roll Public Library (RRPL)…

Review: Alterations – National

Review: Alterations – National

Michael HollandFeb 28, 2025

Not tailor-made for the National but still a good fit Alterations is a 1978 play by Michael Abbensetts(with additional material by Trish Cooke) that…

Review: Three Sisters – The Globe

Review: Three Sisters – The Globe

Michael HollandFeb 15, 2025

Is knowledge important or superfluous? A big production in a compact space, Chekhov’s Three Sisters offers no doubling up of roles, one role per…

Review: More Life – Royal Court

Review: More Life – Royal Court

Michael HollandFeb 14, 2025

Live forever or switch off? It is 1803, and murderers are hung, spirited away and dissected by surgeons seeking to know more about the…

Humbled by Heroes on the Bermondsey Mile

Humbled by Heroes on the Bermondsey Mile

Michael HollandFeb 14, 2025

Portraits of Today’s Everyday Heroes When a collaboration between protein drink maker ‘For Goodness Shakes’ and Marvel Studios come together to mark the release…

Review: Churchill in Moscow – Orange Tree Theatre

Review: Churchill in Moscow – Orange Tree Theatre

Michael HollandFeb 14, 2025

Cleverly littered with historical detail Tom Littler’s production of Howard Benton’s Churchill in Moscow gives the audience a front-row seat at the very unsteady,…

Review: The Value of Names – White Bear Theatre

Review: The Value of Names – White Bear Theatre

Michael HollandFeb 14, 2025

Laden with quips and schtick Many in the UK are not aware of Jeremy Sweet’s writing – A playwright, journalist and theatre historian whose…

Review: DocDoc – Churchill Theatre

Review: DocDoc – Churchill Theatre

Michael HollandFeb 9, 2025

We are all on the spectrum ‘Fukkoffsunnovvabitch!’ comes the cry from Fred when London taxi driver Lee joins him in the doctor’s waiting room,…

Chaos is an Event

Chaos is an Event

Michael HollandFeb 7, 2025

‘Chaos weaves each act through one another, taking the audience on a disrupted journey’ The title Chaos: II, and a press release that implied…

Review: Oedipus – The Old Vic

Review: Oedipus – The Old Vic

Michael HollandFeb 6, 2025

The dance is consistently excellent  Despite the plethora of opportunities, this production seems incapable of fully cashing in on any melodrama because so much…

Review: Onegin – Royal Opera House

Review: Onegin – Royal Opera House

Michael HollandJan 26, 2025

The Royal Ballet tells a tale of love and loss Lovers are scorned, friends betrayed, and duels end in fatality in the Royal Ballet’s…

Review: Please Right Back – Southbank Centre

Review: Please Right Back – Southbank Centre

Michael HollandDec 27, 2024

An animated take on Social Realism Theatre group 1927 presents a funny yet thought-provoking analysis of class, British institutions, and familial structures in Please…