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October 9, 2017 Susan Elkin

Twist (Susan Elkin reviews)

Chino Odimba’s neat twist on Oliver Twist makes the point that the exploitation of boys like Oliver by criminals in Dickens’s novel...

October 5, 2017 Susan Elkin

The Norman Conquests (Susan Elkin reviews)

Table Manners, Living Together, Round and Round the Garden Jonathan Broadbent leaps around the stage demonstrating that chess isn’t a sensible game...

October 5, 2017 Susan Elkin

King Lear (Susan Elkin reviews)

Rarely have I felt so elatedly moved and shell shocked at the end of a performance as I did when Jonathan Mumby’s...

September 24, 2017 Susan Elkin

Extraordinary Royal Opera House?

Last week I attended an event at Royal Opera House. In effect it was a press briefing to introduce the new season...

September 20, 2017 Susan Elkin

When “help” doesn’t help

When dementia first starts to nibble, it’s tiny things such as slight slowness of speech when you’re tired or suddenly deciding that...