On Anton and onanism
To Richmond Theatre for Headlong's smart and stimulating adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull (until Saturday, then Bath and Derby). As directed by Blanche McIntyre, a fine cast including Abigail Cruttenden, Alexander more
To Richmond Theatre for Headlong's smart and stimulating adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull (until Saturday, then Bath and Derby). As directed by Blanche McIntyre, a fine cast including Abigail Cruttenden, Alexander more
After a good few months of preparation the Royal Shakespeare Company reveals today that it is to begin live cinema broadcasts of selected productions from Stratford-upon-Avon. The first screening will be of Gregory Doran's production of more
I have spent the evening in the front row of Screen 4 at Clapham Picturehouse watching the Royal Opera House live broadcast of Rossini's La donna del lago. I thought it truly splendid, and the best ROH broadcast more
Another great selection from our colleague Todd MacDonald, who also features this weekly choice on his personal blog. First up we have a video that I first watched once it won the Vimeo Awards Grand Prize in 2012. It more
The question is, Is this the end of television as we know it? Henry Jenkins at Confessions of an aca-fan asks it with more acuity than most, highlighting a video (that I have embedded below) of an hour-long more
... and one that I just don't understand - but we'll get to that. The re-hang of Tate Britain is complete and unquestionably and unreservedly is a cause for celebration. The main circuit of the galleries is now more
No doubt about the key cultural event of the week: the opening of the completed re-hang of 500 years of British art at Tate Britain. Tomorrow's post will be 10 things I already love there - more
Another of our colleague Todd MacDonald's weekly selections of interesting and intriguing videos... Todd MacDonald: It's all about in-camera techniques and masking tape this week, starting with some beautiful footage of London in 1927 - IN COLOUR! London in more
By making available in perpetuity programmes without too many rights issues, the online BBC archive collections are proving to be invaluable resources for researching television history. A parallel archive release from BBC Four (oddly unlisted on the more
Todd MacDonald's choice of interesting new videos is a couple of days late this week but as he explains that's the company's fault, not his. Todd MacDonald: This week I have been shooting films a lot more than watching more