Neil Norman

Another tragic accident.

I am glad to hear it. It’s something else, isn’t it?

Got to see #DeafRepublic at the Dublin Theatre Festival and it burned a memory into my brain that I’ll fondly remember for the emotion that it evoked. Oh I cried tears. It was sublime ❤️

So here’s today’s theatre column. Sloane, Dracula, Bacchae. Cor.

Yes, but overheard where? Asking for a fiend.

Sharon Small leads an excellent cast in a bold but banal Bacchae for the National Theatre's brand new Artistic Director's debut show.

Me too. How bad can it be?

Gonna get me a hat that’s says: “WAITING FOR NEO”.

Wordy Rappinghood!

They were asleep. You know what cats are like. Here are Sunday cats for you.

Just inject yourself with Domestos. It kills all known germs and neurodivergent symptoms, according to ‘scientists’.

Hang on a minute, lads. I’ve got a great idea.

Thanks, Dude! A great source for Christmas gifts for me. And my friends, of course.

Ditto, dude. What a loss.

OK, no idea who Hugh Mundell is but colour me viridian at the Sister Rosetta Tharpe Christmas Tree Decoration 🤢😂

A really good eco horror movie. I’ve watched it several times and it always delivers.

This is hard news tonight. Addio, Bellissima.

Brendan Gleeson makes his West End debut in The Weir. Full review below.

The Lady From The Sea review: Alicia Vikander stars in frustrating show Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln can't keep Simon Stone's flattened update of the Henrik Ibsen classic afloat.

They're acting in the rain/Just acting in the rain

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The Producers review: Mel Brooks nazi musical is a laugh riot The latest production of Mel Brooks' outrageous musical is a fantastic five-star delight.

The Producers review: Mel Brooks nazi musical is a laugh riot
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Neglected to ask the name of this one but he allowed me to take a picture of him in the Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice.

God, I used to love this. Totally forgotten about it till now. Thanks so much, Wendy.

It is The Way of Dog. So it is written.

Pussycats for #pussycaturday

S'Friday again, in case you hadn't noticed. So here's my theatre column that looks at Creditors at Orange Tree Theatre and Seagull: True Story at Marylebone Theatre. Have a fantastic weekend, one and all.

❤️👍

Brenton is still writing and adapting. Saw his version of Strindberg’s Creditors the other night. He hasn’t lost his touch.

Yup. I’ll never forget seeing A Collier’s Friday Night at the Court. You could smell it. PG’s The York Realist is a major work, too.

Not forgetting Hare, Brenton, Barker, Edgar and the great David Mercer whose plays are rarely revived. These guys were serious moonlight.

You may be right. Aside from the usual suspects (Pinter, Osborne, Rattigan, Coward) I thought it would be salutary to name those who caught the zeitgeist of postwar Britain and were genuinely political writers. Orton wasn’t directly political but he was unique in his marriage of farce and anarchy.