Reviews - Oct.. 22

 

Cages at Riverside Studios	Added 2-Oct-2022	Rating:
The Riverside Studios is a great venue to host this work with crisp sound, dynamic lighting and superb front & back projection. The Play has a lot going for it technically and the costumes, lighting, animation & video were all very well executed. It's a dystopian tale that shows its influences from 1984, V for vendetta, Anime and musically from Emo-pop & Disney! I felt that the supporting talent were not used to their fullest, they all seemed very capable and brought the show to life at the beginning and at the end; It was pretty much a one man show with the protagonist (Woolf- played by the shows creator) singing his (vocoder) way through every act. Using a pepper ghost video effect was very effective during the umbrella / drowning in tears segment. It was an impressive and accomplished show which to me lacked the emotion that it wanted to portray.
Chelsea History Festival - Day 2 at Chelsea Physic Garden	Added 27-Sep-2022	Rating:
A very interesting talk @ the quaint Physic Gardens in Chelsea. The Speaker knew her subject well and spoke with confidence along with her presentation. Please AC.. I was not on the list and the rep. from the history festival had to call her supervisor who then come from another venue to OK my admittance. I'm sure it was a mix up at their end!
Richard Ashcroft in Concert at Crystal Palace Park Bowl	Added 8-Aug-2022	Rating:
South Facing festival with Richard Ashcroft, Ride, BDRMM etc.. This was a nice little festival with just a Main stage, a couple of bars and a smattering of food stalls. A very relaxed & sunny afternoon with the majority of the attendees chilled on the grass in the amphitheatre space in Crystal Palace. BDRMM - sounded good; they may have been influenced by Ride, MBV etc.. It was also great to see the reformed RIDE doing their thing and playing the entirety of one of their albums; maybe throwing in some more of their indie hits might have livened up the crowd who seemed to be only there for the main event...? Getting into the grounds was easy and less hassle than other festivals and there were plenty of bar staff on hand as well as lots of Loos. DJ Steve Lamacq looked perplexed at the DJ set-up and soon disappeared whilst Alan McGee spun some predictable toons but was not well amplified. The crowd stood up and saw their hero, Ashcroft come on... And the place Came alive when he sang 'the drugs don't work' with a sea of mobile phones lit up like fireflies in the arena. A good time seemed to be had by all.
A-Typical Rainbow at Turbine Theatre, Battersea Power Station	Added 1-Aug-2022	Rating:
The turbine theatre is a very nice little venue, with enthusiastic staff. This play was a super interesting insight into the life of its protagonist. A young boy with a disorder. Played excellently by its lead and supporting cast. With Good use of the stage , lighting and minimal props. A great show. Worth checking out.
Clapham Comedy Club @ Bread & Roses - Special Secret Guest at Bread & Roses (The)	Added 28-Feb-2022	Rating:
Dylan Moran was tonight's secret guest on this intimate comedy night upstairs @ the bread and Roses. Unbeknownst to the audience (mostly) who the nights’ entertainment might be, they were out to have a good time and have a funny, Sunday night out. The organiser and warm up act told stories of quitting work which felt too real. He was a great story teller. There was a short break and Dylan Moran came on, looking relaxed & confident; which I mention as performers, like us, have been locked down for a few years and this would be a topic that he would bring up, again and again, through out his navigation of trying new material and adding to his understanding of what post lockdown audiences might want to confront in their comedy.... He was genuinely funny with insightful and honest observations. which also felt a bit like his thought processes of the last couple of years or a therapy session. A very entertaining evening.