Mediocre productions have been rewarded with glowing reviews during the pandemic. It’s time to be a little less gentle
Seen anything good lately? It is a common bit of small-talk, but often a reliable way to find the next play or film worth watching. The answer will be honest, and that really matters, although, more than likely, the tastes of an acquaintance will not exactly mirror your own.
According to many published critics we should all now be trying to see Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage production of Cinderella, or the revival of Anything Goes at the Barbican with Robert Lindsay, or the new horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II at the cinema. And if we were at the Royal Albert Hall prom last Tuesday when the male lead role in Tristan und Isolde had to be replaced in the second half by another singer in the cast, well, then we really hit the experience jackpot.