TRADGE THE THEATRE GEEK

Compelling, strangely endearing Yasmina Reza piece has far more to it than meets the eye ----- Does anyone, even the most artistically inclined among us, really know what they're talking about when it comes to critiquing art? Often there are as many views on a partiular piece as there are artists features in a gallery, but do said views stem from a genuine appreciation of the item in question, or more from a desire not to come across as ignorant of its intentions? One thing i

After a comparatively quiet week, during which we spent more time trying to cool off from the heatwave than paying attention to stagey news, we are back to round up the biggest news stories from the past week, as well as one or two from the previous week... ----- RENT More cast members announced for upcoming west end revival Further casting has been revealed for the upcoming west end revival of Jonathan Larson’s musical “RENT”, to open at the newly christened Tom Stoppard The

Latest staging of Sondheim masterpiece has us on a knife edge ----- It's more than 4 and a half decades since audiences first attended the tale on broadway, and this macabre Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler musical, based on the 19th century Penny Dreadful series "The String of Pearls", remains one of the most popular and frequently staged of all time. Set in 1846, young sailor Anthony Hope arrives in London with the enigmatic eponymous figure, whom he has rescued at sea, fo