Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

1760 posts by Richard Cotter

gaybies at eternity

Sadly, a decade and a half into the twenty first century, many people think that same sex marriage and children bred and born to such unions – gaybies – are akin to scabies and rabies.

Dean Bryant’s verbatim theatre, GAYBIES, …

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david duchovny’s holy cow

Holy cow, David Duchovny can write! Yes the actor who put the smoulder in Mulder in the X Files has turned novelist with an udder delight of a book HOLY COW.

Written originally as a screenplay which Pixar turned down …

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michael frayn’s matchbox theatre

The annual Short and Sweet Festival is in full swing again, showing off its short comings, hiding its talents under a bushel of bulrushes, coughing up maybe a duo of gems from the dross of a dozen every week.

Oh, …

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cock @ the old fitz

Torn between two lovers, cock shocked and cunt struck, John is at odds with his old boyfriend and new girlfriend and with himself in Redline’s robust, ribald and bollocking production of COCK by Mike Bartlett.

Played in the round on …

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selma

The right to vote was first guaranteed to black Americans (or at least black males) in 1870 with the passage of the 15th Amendment; but for nearly 100 years after, that right was systematically obstructed in many places across the …

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the theory of everything

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING is as much about the physics of love as it is about the love of physics.

Based on the book, TRAVELLING TO INFINITY: MY LIFE WITH STEPHEN by Jane Hawking, the film follows the trajectory of …

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masterclass @ the old fitz

The new custodians of The Old Fitz theatre, Red Line Productions, have invited a fringe favourite, MASTERCLASS, to kick off their inaugural season.

Written and performed by Gareth Davies and Charlie Garber, this entertaining existentialist two hander is an acerbic …

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the girl on the train

They’re touting Paula Hawkins’ debut thriller, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, as this year’s Gone Girl.
It’s pretty darn good.

The girl on the train is Rachel, who does the daily commute from Ashbury to Euston. She has a …

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bad @ the old fitz

Take in your piss and let them take the piss. The Old Fitz under the new regime Red Line Productions have ushered in a late show program to follow their main stage offering, beginning with BAD, a delightful piece of …

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paper planes

Light as a feather, plain sailing and unapologetically old fashioned film fare, PAPER PLANES is an aeronautical origami featuring a central role by Ed Oxenbould and a top billing support slumbering turn by Sam Worthington.

Ed and Sam play son …

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