Reviews by Russell Thompson
DruidMurphy Cycle
Russell Thompson
The Druid theatre company comes to Oxford from Galway, Ireland, on a tour which will take the company to London and America. They are performing three plays by acclaimed writer Tom Murphy, which ...
12 years ago
DruidMurphy Cycle
Public Enemies [15]
Russell Thompson
Michael Mann has a mixed track record, with films of real acclaim like Heat and Last of the Mohicans, but also with some duds such as Miami Vice. Public Enemies appears to have a lot to offer – the ...
15 years ago
Public Enemies [15]
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2009
Russell Thompson
Ronald Harwood was an award-winning playwright before his recent successes as a screenwriter. His adaptation of The Pianist won and Oscar, and he was nominated last year for another after his ...
16 years ago
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2009
A Few Good Men
Russell Thompson
A Few Good Men might be best known through the film, which Aaron Sorkin adapted from his 1989 Broadway play. The play, which he wrote while in his late twenties, is about two marines at Guantanamo ...
16 years ago
A Few Good Men
Beyond the Barricade
Russell Thompson
Beyond the Barricade are an acclaimed theatre company featuring performers who have played principal parts in the hit musical Les Miserables. The four singers stand at the front of the stage, each ...
16 years ago
Beyond the Barricade
Personals - The Musical
Russell Thompson
The Maple Giant Theatre group has returned to the Old Fire Station, and also to a piece they have had past success with, Personals. It is a tour through the highs and lows of dating, as well as an ...
17 years ago
Personals - The Musical
Desert Island Books
Russell Thompson
The auditorium was almost full to capacity for this informal talk with Michael Morpurgo. When the children’s author became Children’s Laureate in 2003 he was a well-established, but not ...
17 years ago
Desert Island Books
What The Butler Saw
Russell Thompson
What the Butler Saw opens with Dr. Prentice interviewing a young woman for the job of secretary. Dr. Prentice is a psychiatrist – a plain, middle-aged man, who will go on to be accused of sexual ...
18 years ago
What The Butler Saw
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