MICHAEL GRAY'S ARTS BLOG

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

Friday, July 11, 2014

BUGSY MALONE

BUGSY MALONE CCHS and KEGS at King Edward VI School 10.07.14 A ground-breaking collaboration between the two great schools on Bro...

Wednesday, July 09, 2014

WAR AND PEACE

WAR AND PEACE The Stondon Singers at Ingatestone Hall 08.07.14 William Byrd was a frequent visitor to Ingatestone Hall, and to hi...

Monday, July 07, 2014

BLESS 'EM ALL

BLESS 'EM ALL Brentwood Operatic Society at Brentwood Theatre 06.07.14 Popular songs run through the Great War – from recrui...

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Brentwood Shakespeare Company and Ingatestone and Fryerning Dramatic Club 06.07.14 In the bosky bra...

Sunday, July 06, 2014

ELGAR AND THE GREAT WAR

ELGAR AND THE GREAT WAR in Brentwood Cathedral 05.07.14 This magnificent collaboration made a mightily impressive opening to th...

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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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