MICHAEL GRAY'S ARTS BLOG

"the gross and scope of my opinion ..." Hamlet I,1.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE Basildon Ballet Company Brentwood Theatre 30.04.11 In an ambitious first venture on the Brentwood Theatre stage, Mic...

UP OUT O' THE SEA Eastern Angles Brentwood Theatre 29.04.11 Off the lonely Suffolk coast a wreck has lain for thirty years. Now it is ...

Monday, April 25, 2011

FORTY YEARS ON The Maddermarket Theatre , Norwich 23.04.11 Surely a centenarian by now. The unnamed Headmaster, whose retirement in 1968 i...

Friday, April 22, 2011

FRANKENSTEIN The National Theatre in the Olivier 19.04.09 “ Over-produced,” I muttered when I saw the NT Live relay of Frankenstein. I was ...

THE BIBLE the complete KJV at Shakespeare's Globe 17.04.09 The Word is God, according to Shakespeare's Globe, who have themed thei...

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About Me

Michael Gray: I first wrote reviews for the Essex Chronicle in the early 70s, part of a team led by "Jon Richards". When he stepped down, I took over the organization of the Arts Pages. In 1988 I was succeeded by Mary Redman, though I continued to contribute reviews until the Chronicle stopped carrying regular coverage of amateur performances. Peter Andrews of the Chelmsford Weekly News kindly allowed me to write for his paper. After he retired, his work was continued by Jim Hutchon, who recruited me again to share the load. After Jim died, I continued to provide professional reviews of arts events in and around Chelmsford and Brentwood, until I finally hung up my pen and my word processor in December 2017. Apart from the newspaper - now The Chelmsford Times - my views have appeared on The Reviews Hub, Remote Goat and Sardines. And of course, all of them were shared on this blog.

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