First single I bought was All the Young Dudes, first LP Ziggy Stardust. Loads of Ziggy haircuts at school. Then we all went soul with Young Americans until the Feelgoods and punk woke us up. Bowie, Roxy and QPR best things about the early 70s for some of us old gits
It’s Shakespeare time, yay! Or perhaps not in this case. Measure for Measure is a weird and quite nasty play at the best of times, but when all the stuff which is meant to make it a comedy is cut out you are left with a nauseating tale of powerful men exploiting women, which in this case has been weaponised as a Me Too story by the director. Fair enough, but it’s as subtle as a sledgehammer, even started with video featuring Clinton, Trump, Weinstein, Prince Andrew and other sleaze balls. The Thelma and Louise moment at the end did not, of course, feature in Shakespeare’s text. Couple of good performances, but also a lot of screaming and shouting, which was painful as the amplification (unneeded in a properly designed theatre like this one) was inconsistent and sometimes too much. Not an enjoyable experience, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t meant to be. Reviews for this have been pretty universally 4 and 5 stars so I’m clearly in a minority.
