£1billion of our taxes for the arts
More than £1 billion of taxpayers' money was allocated to the creative arts in England earlier…
Ian GrantJuly 30, 2014
The Winter’s Tale in the summer wood
Paulina is the prime mover in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. It is she who announces the…
Ian GrantJuly 19, 2014
On looking into Peter Brook’s valley of astonishment
A distinguished critic wrote that 'it is what it is'. A punter behind me in…
Ian GrantJuly 4, 2014
Wholly known
'…not purely good, but himself purely, for he allowed himself to be wholly known…' …
Ian GrantMay 3, 2014
Lear, Mendes, National
'Here comes the king' - and a praetorian guard of dark-clad soldiers streams in and…
Ian GrantMarch 23, 2014
riverrun passed evening and done
And then is done again and again as the tide flows out and in and…
Ian GrantMarch 15, 2014
Blistering sun; muted candle
Winnie's happy days and the Duchess of Malfi's catastrophic days are expressed in and by…
Ian GrantFebruary 14, 2014
Ghosts, directed by Richard Eyre
The ghosts nestle, rustle, pinch and pierce the psychology of the five characters. Terror brushes…
Ian GrantJanuary 29, 2014
Making with words – two solos
Sinead Morrissey's collection of poems Parallax, published by Carcanet, won this year's T.S.Eliot Prize. At…
Ian GrantJanuary 15, 2014
Every day is in MusicDayz
On January 1st 1962, Dick Rowe , head of A&R at Decca Records, said to…
Ian GrantJanuary 1, 2014