Monthly Archives: March 2016

Opera tickets, going cheap

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Paul Carey Jones

Here’s a couple of pie charts for you, showing the income and expenditure of the Royal Opera House in 2014: The sector to which I’d like to draw our attention is “Box office receipts” on the income chart, making up … Continue reading →

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Nixon / Nixon / Nixon

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Paul Carey Jones

“…even with such an almost endless wealth of material, both factual and fictional, to chew on, you only ever feel you’re scratching the surface of Nixon’s innermost thoughts and motivations.” Continue reading →

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Acting outside the 98

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Paul Carey Jones

“In other words, great acting and awful acting are not as far apart as logic might suggest.” Continue reading →

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