RUTH LEON'S THEATREWISE
THE ARTS ONLINE THIS WEEK - SEPT 4-10
Good morning and welcome to Theatrewise.
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Are you suffering from “re-entry disease” following your summer holiday? I am. I had a lovely time in the mountains of Colorado, blessed with friends, sunshine and wonderful music but…..now it’s September. Buckle down time. Work raises its head.
My world is full of plays I haven’t seen, concerts I haven’t heard, art exhibitions I promised myself I’d attend and then didn’t, and dozens, positively dozens, of films and videos I should have screened to share with you on Theatrewise which have piled up in my Inbox.
Well, be reassured. I’ve started. This week’s Theatrewise is full of excellent arts events I have actually managed to get to and I’m happy to have such strong stuff to share.
The Met’s fine exhibition of Van Gogh’s Cypresses spawned a brilliant lecture/documentary where real experts illuminate those much-loved paintings as we never can just by looking.
A favourite dance artist, Lil Buck, reiterates his dazzling take on The Swan, bringing to it a perspective that is positively breathtaking. London’s chamber music venue, Wigmore Hall, opened up its considerable archive for all of August totally free, and here are four terrific concerts from its final gift to us.
A short clip from a nearly-forgotten musical reminds us of the power of a song-and-dance perfectly performed, and a brand new comedy appears at the National Theatre just in time to round up the summer with a laugh. This brand new play, by the way, is a reworking of a very old play, Sheridan’s The Rivals, which was brand new in 1775, just a bit late to be called a Restoration Comedy although that’s what it was. This new play, by Richard Bean, who wrote One Man Two Guvnors, doesn’t neglect to include, in different guise, one of the most popular characters in all the theatre canon, Mrs Malaprop.
There’s also a review of a first-rate transfer of a Broadway play which has just reached the West End and has reverberations for many.
All this is available at the click of a mouse on the link or the button below. And if you come across something that should be included in Ruth Leon’s Theatrewise, don’t keep it to yourself. I love hearing from you.
I’m looking forward to seeing you in person or online, next week.
All good wishes
Ruth