News
January
Happy New Year to you all.
As you'll see we have completed 2024 with a special Christmas issue, which so far has 33 productions reviewed, but there will be more as the pantomime season continues. We will review as many as we can. I'm off to see my local production of Treasure Island later this month. Pantomimes are a cultural phenomenon that weaves their magic through communities across the country. They bring people of all ages and backgrounds together. They bring escape from the everyday and allow us to laugh at ourselves. I shall certainly have a good laugh.
After the panto season is over, Oliver! will open at the Gielgud Theatre on the 14th January and Cymbeline will open at the Globe Theatre on the 22nd. As well as reviewing any productions between now and then, we shall continue to enter the archive.
Thank you as always to all of you for your continued support, and thank you too for all of your suggestions and comments. As always, please keep sending them in to editor@theatrerecord.com
Sun 03 Nov 2024
November
We're starting to enter lots of Christmas productions this month. 'The Red Shoes' opens at the Swan Theatre at Stratford on the 14th, and 'A Christmas Carol' opens at The Old Vic on the 20th, with John Simm playing Scrooge. For many, this represents the start of the Christmas season. I'm looking forward to reading those reviews, and we'll bring you as many reviews of Christmas productions from around the country. As usual, they will be in a separate issue, rounding off TR issues for 2024.
We've also been continuing to enter the archive, and have now entered all of the productions for 1985, making them fully searchable. we're aware that sometimes the search can take a while to load (a problem with old system meets new system) but we're working on that. We'll continue apace.
Thank you as always, to those who have contacted us with pointers and suggestions. We're always grateful, so please continue to do so at
editor@theatrerecord.com
Fri 04 Oct 2024
October
Firstly, thank you to everyone who has been in contact to suggest improvements. We're always grateful for these pointers, and will continue to include them if we can. Thank you too, to those of you who have pointed out errors or missing reviews. Again, it's really helpful, and we're always grateful to add or change anything you spot.
We're continuing, as always, to enter the archive, which will make TR fully searchable. Whilst in the process, I looked up Maggie Smith after the sad news of her death, and read the reviews of 'Virginia' by Edna O'Brien in 1981. Reading Michael Billington's review in the Guardian reminded me what a great actress she was. A national treasure indeed.
As always, do let me have any comments or suggestions at editor@theatrerecord.com