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Monthly culture: April 2019
Saturday, May 4th, 2019 03:41 pm07APR19: Sunday Night at the Asylum (Multiphonic Arts), Asylum Chapel, Peckham
Poetry (including Auden, Plath), music (including Ravel piano pieces, Mosi Conde playing the kora, Ned Roberts covering 'Chelsea Hotel', and a rendition of Bernstein's 'Glitter and be Gay' that was full of joie de vivre) , and a screening of Rene Clair's 1924 Surrealist film Entr'Acte with Satie's original score performed live on piano. This session didn't grab me as much as some of the previous ones, but there was plenty that was new to me and the artists were talented and committed.
08APR19: Edward II (Marlowe), Wanamaker Theatre
Guardian review, 3 stars, but I'd say 4.5 at least: a splendid performance with abridged text and some compelling performances. Tom Stuart as the desperately insecure Edward was sullen, needy, frightened, peevish; Beru Tessema's Gaveston was more cynical than I've previously seen the character played. I'm increasingly fond of the Wanamaker as a venue: it's evocative of an authentic Elizabethan theatrical experience. (The Globe might feel more Elizabethan if it wasn't on a major flight path ...)
25APR19: Avengers: Endgame, Odeon IMAX, Greenwich
[why yes, I did see it more than once in April]
( slight thematic spoilers )
Poetry (including Auden, Plath), music (including Ravel piano pieces, Mosi Conde playing the kora, Ned Roberts covering 'Chelsea Hotel', and a rendition of Bernstein's 'Glitter and be Gay' that was full of joie de vivre) , and a screening of Rene Clair's 1924 Surrealist film Entr'Acte with Satie's original score performed live on piano. This session didn't grab me as much as some of the previous ones, but there was plenty that was new to me and the artists were talented and committed.
08APR19: Edward II (Marlowe), Wanamaker Theatre
Guardian review, 3 stars, but I'd say 4.5 at least: a splendid performance with abridged text and some compelling performances. Tom Stuart as the desperately insecure Edward was sullen, needy, frightened, peevish; Beru Tessema's Gaveston was more cynical than I've previously seen the character played. I'm increasingly fond of the Wanamaker as a venue: it's evocative of an authentic Elizabethan theatrical experience. (The Globe might feel more Elizabethan if it wasn't on a major flight path ...)
25APR19: Avengers: Endgame, Odeon IMAX, Greenwich
[why yes, I did see it more than once in April]
( slight thematic spoilers )
