An appreciation of Person Spec, Alphabetti Theatre, newcastle upon Tyne seen 1 March 2023
(a major revision of my earlier briefly posted appreciation)
Category: Reviews
appreciation of cinema, tv, books
The Nature of Forgetting at Northern Stage – an appreciation
An appreciation of Theatre Re’s The Nature of Forgetting at Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne, 17 February 2023
Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light, Alphabetti Theatre – an appreciation
an appreciation of Tiny Fragments of Beautiful light by Allison Davies directed by Karen Traynor at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 February 2023
Song of the Goblins, Alphabetti Theatre, an appreciation
An appreciation of Song of the Goblins at Alphabetti Theatre, seen 22nd December 2022
Alphabetti Theatre makes The Stage Awards, 2023 Fringe Theatre of the Year Shortlist
The Stage Fringe Theatre of the Year 2023 includes Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre
More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish – an appreciation
An appreciation of the Performance of More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 16th November 2022
Stairwall – The Things We Find, an appreciation
An appreciation of Stairwall – The Things We find by Dance Artist Esther Huss, North Shields 6th November 2022.
Out-Out! by Joana Geronimo Performance Review
appreciation of the one person show Out-Out! by Joana Geronimo in world premiere production at alphabetti theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 October 2022
Play Review – Sugar Baby by Alan Harris
An appreciation of Sugar Baby by Alan Harris, performed at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne 27th September 2022.
shared joys – Educating Rita
a short appreciation of the wonderful film
shared joys – Cleo de 5 a 7
short appreciation of Agnes Varda’s wonderful film ‘Cleo de 5 a 7’
My Film Review of The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) is posted at Lapidus International blog
Lapidus International have kindly posted my brief review of this wonderful film about poets and getting lost in the world (much more could be said, but best is to just watch it). I’m grateful to them (especially Francesca Baker and Richard Axtell).
Lapidus International blog – The Kindergarten Teacher (2018), film review
toni (31st January 2020)
thoughts in the process of watching Killing Eve
i was thinking about Killing Eve – and wondering about kindness in it, its often not there yet in a way its central in its absence
her old boss, of the Berlin nightclub scene, there was kindness there (not in that scene), and as something they (Eve and he) could play against at times
Butterfly
Review, reaction, appreciation of the British Tv Series about a transgender child.
<a href="https://ablindcatchinthesun.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/butterfly”> Read it here
Inversion (Varoonegi), 2016, Behnam Behzadi, Iran
Inversion (Varoonegi) d. Behnam Behzadi, Iran. I’ve seen three Iranian films now I think, each of them memorable and beautiful. This was made in 2016. A story of a woman, Niloofar, living in Tehran with her mother. Her mother, already ill, declines largely due to pollution affecting her lungs. Our heroine was just beginning to…
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Lady Vanishes d. Alfred Hitchcock (1938) I’ve been impressed by Hitchcock’ lightness of touch in my stodgy reactions so far. He spoke of serving a slice of cake rather than a slice of life, and if it is cake then I am finding it most light, possibly angelic, but as we know “every angel…
Hitchcock – Sabotage (1936)
Sabotage directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1936 The second in this season of Hitchcock films I’m seeing. This film is based on the novel The Secret Agent by Jospeh Conrad (somewhat confusingly the film he made right before this one and after last week’s film was called Secret Agent and had nothing to do with Conrad –…
Hitchcock – The 39 Steps (1935)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1935(beware spoilers below) I must have seen this film many times over the years, but was fortunate to see it for the first time on a big screen recently. How that has awoken me to it. I really get it now. I’m thinking of it as a bubbling brook, maybe in…
Locke (2013)
Locke w. & d. Steven Knight, 2013 BEWARE SPOILERS! I found this a very moving film. Of course it does move, or what passes for that these days, in that it is the story of a drive and a driver, Ivan Locke played by Tom Hardy. We see no other actors and only really see…
La Strada
I saw La Strada (The Road) the other night, the first time I’ve seen it on a big screen. One of my companions questioned whether there was interiority to the characters. For me there was, it was just that was part of the point, how the presentations of solutions of self may become a mask…
a blind catch in the sun 
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