And so the era of Simon Grayson’s management of Leeds United has passed and is now but a moment in history. Nothing surprising there but what has surprised is the way in which the appointment of Neil Warnock has seemingly, just for a moment, quietened the doubts of Leeds fans. His every word is rested upon and it seems he is indeed the Messiah or at least Moses come again, to lead us to the Promised Land of the Premiership.
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Tour De Force
Who: Judie Tzuke and Bailey Tzuke in concert
Where: Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
When: 17th March 2012
Song of Faith and Devotion?
What: The Song of Songs
Where: The Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
When: 6th March 2012
Taming the RSC’s excesses?
What: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
When: Thursday 16th February, 2012
End of year report: Not Measuring up
Where: The Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
When: 20th December 2011
What: Measure for Measure
What happens when four play?
Where: Clapham Grand, London
When: 10th November 2011
Who: Fourplay
“Smooth jazz”. Just what does that mean?
Doin’ the Maths
Where: Xoyo Club, London
When: 25th October 2011
Who: John Foxx and the Maths, Gazelle Twin, Tara Busch
30 years after the beginning of his solo career John Foxx is at the peak of his powers – and for the first time since Ultravox!, he is in a regular band context.
Perkelt : Recalling the Czech-ered past
Sometimes you just hear something that is so unusual and innovative that you just know that there must be an audience out there for it…….
Something like that happened to me the first time that I heard Perkelt. I was wandering around Stratford-Upon-Avon trying to visualise in my head the structure of a Shakespearean production that I was eager to develop ……. when I heard some folk music.
“What Masques, What Dances Shall We Have, to wear away this long age of three hours?
What: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Where: Stratford-Upon-Avon
When: 4th of August 2011
This is the third play that the Royal Shakespeare Company have performed from the Shakespearean canon since the launch of their new theatre – and to say that I did not approach the grim exterior of that new theatre with much enthusiasm would have been something of an understatement.
Of the Captain and Flash Gordon
In my last article I argued that Joe Girardi had shown the paucity of the Yankees bullpen and that it was now time for Brian Cashman to deliver if the Yankees were at all serious about catching Boston in the regular season.