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Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry

Richard Norton-Taylor

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Sunday 30th January 1972: 13 civil rights marchers were shot dead, and another 13 wounded when...

Dark Road: A Play

Ian Rankin and Mark Thomson

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First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1...

Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and A Requiem

Arthur Miller

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Arthur Miller's extraordinary masterpiece, Death of a Salesman changed the course of modern theatre,...

BookwormLea (3034 KP) rated The Exorcist in Phoenix Theatre (London, United Kingdom) in Shows

Jul 16, 2020

The Exorcist

2012 | Play

8.7

(3 Ratings)

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amazing! I recommend to everyone visiting London! (0 more)

Fantastically terrifying!

I truly love a horror. Whether that is a book, movie or even a play as I found out after watching The Exorcist. It is so much more intriguing than the film! So very close in plot, nothing much is changed from the 'true' story it is based upon. But the sounds that echo throughout the theatre, draw you in and everyone disappears, leaving only yourself and the cast. The girl that plays Regan is so believable! She could have been possessed for real and I would have believed it! And unlike the film, I actually jumped! The lighting is crazy and the bass literally bounces your seat so you really feel it!!

What I also loved was how clever the stage setting was! It was all one set. Nothing moved or changed. It looked like a dollhouse and the only thing they did was switch the light on the room they were in. So clever and very effective!!! If you're ever in London, go see it!!!!

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A History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr

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A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics....

Awix (3310 KP) rated Downton Abbey (2019) in Movies

Sep 28, 2019 (Updated Sep 28, 2019)

Downton Abbey (2019)

2019 | Drama, History

8.4

(17 Ratings)

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Big-screen version of the popular costume soap feels like a long episode of a TV costume soap that's ended up in a movie theatre by accident (there's a shock). Daily life at Downton is thrown into uproar by the royal visit; this is mainly just a pretext to hang various low-stakes storylines onto, none of which are especially gripping.

The heritage view of the country is pervasive and unquestioned; the plot mostly concerns a bunch of people utterly determined to be as servile and deferent as they can, no matter the obstacles in their way. You either accept this is normal behaviour and buy into the film's picture-book idea of English life, or you don't, in which case this is not the film for you. Fine performers get very little to do; not much happens overall, to be honest. But if you watched the TV show and have affection for these characters I expect there will be much here you will enjoy. To me it just seemed like a load of under-powered smug monarchist piffle.