Seeing is disbelieving. What they don't tell you about the morning after cataract surgery.... substack.com/inbox/post/1732…

Confused why @Hamps_Theatre's Kimberly Akimbo is loved by critics. A tale of a teen with an old woman's body, Maria Aitken stars with a granny haircut and clothes. Wouldn't a teen still grow her hair and dress cute, whatever her body condition? Even my doddery mates still do🤡!

Blown away and bemused by Tilda Swinton's Puckish swagger and Bowie diction in Man to Man @royalcourt. A lot of activity in this tour de force, but not much to engage either head or heart. Or am I missing something?🧐

Loved Table 17 @KilnTheatre - brilliant writing and direction, fabulous performances, hilarious audience interaction, and a great set. A 90 minute romp challenging the reliability, while reinforcing the need, to love and be loved😉.

Is this the answer to saving the BBC - it's certainly got the right supporters... Amol Rajan: Alternative MacTaggart lecture in full broadcastnow.co.uk/news/amol… And good luck to the brilliant Amol Rajan as he activates on stage and phone-screen.

My first Hamlet was Kenneth Branagh's. Not knowing the story, the interval was unbearable. Have seen it 10x since, but nothing like Robert Hastie's high-energy production @NationalTheatre. Unique, unforgettable, are Hiran Abeysekara (Hamlet) and Francesca Mills (Ophelia). See it!

Nima Taleghani's first play, Bacchae @NationalTheatre retells the story in bursts of joyful and graphic rap. Rich in dramatic action it's short of dramatic tension, but draws great performances from Claire Perkins, Ukweli Roach, James McArdle and a blood-drinking Sharon Small🥸.

Still remembering Julie Taymor's extraordinary screen version of Titus Andronicus, was geared up for pure horror from the RSC version @Hamps_Theatre but no. The tongue-in-cheek theatrics are balletic and joyfully silly as are the costumes and set. Avoid if blood makes you faint.

Spot-on. A great spectacle though we were howling at the silliness of the sudden and subsidiary storylines as much as the sparkling repartee. Just wished for more subtlety and oomph in the writing of the relationships at the heart of the story to pull the threads together.

Deeply saddened by the death of Robert Redford. Just looking at the clips on the news makes my heart race, he was magnetic on screen and totally believable. And he put his passion and money where his heart was... #respect

The death of a sale... portfoliowoman.substack.com/…

He's waiting on some bits from the chicken that's currently in the oven... #longwait

Moved to post by the departure of @MishalHusain from @BBCr4today. She's been an insightful, rigorous, exemplary interviewer across the years, a morning masterclass in pulling out the information that matters without rudeness or manipulation. 😰

Looks fabulous @susan_pym

Why is there no presenter on Radio 4's six o'clock news?

Beautiful, naughty, chatty, silly, Gerry. Felled by a second saddle thrombus... So lucky to have been able to rehome him, even if only for two years❤️

Have only just discovered the BBC's Pidgin service... bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c703… It's going to be an everyday 'must'.

Only just got sight of this. It's cracking😎. facebook.com/reel/7946759395…

Didn't love the play but Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner (both acting and singing voice) are extraordinary, with a fabulous trio of veteran gold alongside: Deborah Findlay, Gina McKee, and Romola Garai.

What an ending. Hours of disjointed oddness and then the balloon, and then this… not a dry eye in the house🥸