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Paul Gainey
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Hadestown, Lyric Theatre
It’s been a long road for mythological musical 'Hadestown' from American singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, stopping off at a 2010 concept...
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Paul Gainey
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Echo 3
This isn’t Jason Bourne,” says a character in an early episode of Echo 3. It feels like a pointed observation, and an unusually meta...
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Paul Gainey
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Alice & Jack
What’s in the ether with sputtering, on-off romances at the moment? We’ve just had the Netflix adaptation of One Day. Now, there’s Victor...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20243 min read
The English
The English (BBC Two), written and directed by Hugo Blick, is a revisionist western further revised. A beautifully shot exercise that’s...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20243 min read
Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre
Okay, let’s just get this out of the way. The musical ‘Hamilton’ is stupendously good. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s show about Alexander...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20241 min read
Happy Valley
The mind-blowingly good BBC One drama "Happy Valley" comes to an end next week. But the penultimate episode has left us with an agonising...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20242 min read
Silent Witness
The 26th series of Silent Witness came to a conclusion on Tuesday night and the instalment saw the team continue their high-stakes...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20242 min read
Robert Jon and The Wreck, Earl Haig Club
From Southern California, but with a sound evoking the Deep South, Robert Jon & The Wreck had flown under the radar for a decade until...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20242 min read
Happy Valley
After spending six weeks glued to the TV every Sunday night as Sarah Lancashire's stunning performance made us both cry and crack up in...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20243 min read
The Gold
The Brink’s-Mat robbery legend only grows in a diverting retelling "The Gold" (BBC One), a six-part series from Neil Forsyth, creator and...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20243 min read
Better
The new BBC One crime drama "Better" is the latest in a long line to grapple with ideas of redemption, depicting a police officer long...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20241 min read
Willie and Bandits, Thekla Bristol
I have seen Willie and Bandits live before mostly recently supporting Samantha Fish in Cardiff and they were great and last nights...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read
Charlotte and Theodore, Ustinov Studio
Think male-female two-hander in academia and a pair of plays leap to mind: Oleanna and Educating Rita. Combining the lacerating fury of...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read
Your Honor
As the second series of 'Your Honor' opens, Adam Desiato’s death is still raw. His father, Michael (Bryan Cranston), has been impeached...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20243 min read
Unforgotten
love Unforgotten wholeheartedly. It’s the meat and two veg of television crime dramas. Every one of its four series so far has served up...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20244 min read
Endeavour
Fans of a TV show always fear the finale will end with death. In the case of Endeavour, which has just bowed out after 11 years, we knew...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read
Asking For It
In her new documentary, Asking For It, the actress Emily Atack posed pertinent questions about online sexual harassment and its potential...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20244 min read
Marcus King, O2 Academy Bristol
I can't think of any artist today who's remotely similar to Marcus King. He has something special beyond guitar virtuosity, soulful...
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