Archive - trenchantly’s Substack

Review: Dr Strangelove at the Noel Coward theatre

My first draft started “I can see what they were trying to do”, but after weeks of reflection, I’ve concluded I’ve no idea what they thought they were…

Apr 2 •

October 2024

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October 2023

September 2023

You were 95 per cent perfect like

Sep 17, 2023 •

Oh Zane-oh, you have such flappy soft ears

Sep 17, 2023 •

March 2023

Ode to the lost hoodie that replaced my lost hoodie

We met only because you were a replacement,

Mar 5, 2023 •

January 2022

Review: 2:22 at the Gielgud Theatre

This play is a “ghost story” that tries, and fails spectacularly to be clever.

Jan 8, 2022 •

December 2021

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