This House @ NT Live

This House @ NT Live. Last performance of play broadcast live to the UK. 32 yr old playwrights insight into 70s age of slim majorities 9/10.

La Boheme @ The Collosium

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
15/05/2013 18:32 La Boheme@The ENO. Nice pint of London Pride before & strawberry ice cream at the interval. Oh the opera. It never engaged: forgettable 4/10

Legendary Count Basie Big Band @ Ronnie Scotts

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
13/05/2013 00:04 Count Basie Big Band @ Ronnie Scotts. Great band & atmosphere. Stand out performer for me: the pianist, but all were VG. Singer superb 8+/10

Othello @ The National Theatre

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
12/05/2013 11:04 Othello @ The National. Clever Basra style army camp set. Love & lust leads to the innocent & guiltys demise. Gripping 3 1/2 hr drama. 9/10

Billy Smarts Circus @ Wanstead Flats

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
04/05/2013 16:49 Billy Smarts Circus@Wanstead. Everything you want from a traditional (no animals) circus. Expertise, humour, music & daring. Brilliant. 9/10

Gutted @ Theatre Royal Stratford

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
04/05/2013 09:23 Gutted @theatre Royal Stratford. Foul mouthed expose of a family's dark secret & its lasting consequences on them. Strong cast & script 8/10

Moby Dick @ The Arcola

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
04/05/2013 07:47 Moby Dick @the Arcola. Excellent all male reduction of this mighty tome about the single minded search for a mighty beast. Fun theatre. 8/10

Great Expectations @ The Vaudeville

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
17/03/2013 18:05 Great Expectations @ The Vaudeville. Surreal recreation of Dickens classic. Clever, atmospheric, single set staging. Older actors best. 7/10

Keith Tyson @ The Royal Academy

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
16/03/2013 13:46 Keith Tyson @ The Pace Gallery (RAA). Small free exhibition of modern multi layered oil paintings. Galactic bin bags best of the bunch 6+/10

Wilko Johnson @ Koko Club

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
07/03/2013 09:15 Wilko Johnson @ Koko (aka camden palace) 1of3 farewell gigs from the shuffling, lunging, guitar chopping terminally ill Feelgood hero. 9/10

Schwitters @ Tate Britain

	Matthew Taylor (@matthewtaylorx)
07/03/2013 09:10 Schwitters@Tate Britain. All hail the pritstick. Interesting life provides narrative to an accomplished artists diversion into collage. 6/10