I am nothing if not critical

Reading the round-up of critics’ comments on Macbeth got me thinking about bad reviews – which is to say, not reviews which are bad in themselves, but reviews of bad things. Much of the time I find it hard to slam something which I personally haven’t enjoyed, because I appreciate how much effort goes into it and how difficult it can be to hit the tiny mark represented by my (or by anyone’s) taste. But sometimes…

Macbeth (3)

National TheatreI’m afraid this production has been widely panned by the critics (there’s a handy round-up here) and my comments are not massively going to buck the trend. And even worse, this is likely to be a kitchen sink review – throwing as many different thoughts together as the production team apparently did…

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He speaks at random X

Goodness I haven’t done one of these in ages!