susan-sheahan
Glengarry Glen Ross review – Christian Slater doesn't steal the show
Robert Glenister, Stanley Townsend and Don Warrington join Slater in David Mamet’s still searing study of four desperate real estate salesmen who will stop at nothing
Susan Sheahan
12, Nov, 2017 @8:00 AM
Ancestors in the Attic by Michael Holroyd – review
The revered biographer delves into the magical and peculiar lives of his own ‘grimly eccentric’ family
Susan Sheahan
31, Oct, 2017 @10:00 AM
Saint George and the Dragon review – Brexit fairytale’s sappy ending
Rory Mullarkey’s mythical allegory offers plenty of laughs but resorts to too-simple answers
Susan Sheahan
15, Oct, 2017 @7:00 AM
Armageddon and Paranoia by Rodric Braithwaite – review
A trenchant – and timely – analysis of nuclear deterrence and the arms race
Susan Sheahan
17, Sep, 2017 @8:00 AM
St Petersburg: Three Centuries of Murderous Desire by Jonathan Miles review – a brilliant history
This political and cultural study of a city built on dreams, and a swamp, expertly distils its blend of high culture and toxic corruption
Susan Sheahan
13, Aug, 2017 @11:00 AM
Under the Sun by Lottie Moggach – review
A body on the beach promises much in this expat thriller set in Spain, but too much detail spoils the plot
Susan Sheahan
23, Jul, 2017 @10:00 AM
Queen Anne review – beware the Duchess of Marlborough
Romola Garai is the scheming, glamorous Sarah Churchil in Helen Edmundson’s absorbing but uneven study of 18th-century intrigue
Susan Sheahan
16, Jul, 2017 @7:00 AM
Annie review – lively return for an escapist if dated musical
Piccadilly theatre, London
Miranda Hart is just too nice in Nikolai Foster’s revival – it’s the kids who really shine
Miranda Hart is just too nice in Nikolai Foster’s revival – it’s the kids who really shine
Susan Sheahan
11, Jun, 2017 @7:00 AM
Advice for student architects: how to survive the crit
It can be a nightmare, but the crit isn’t as scary as it’s made out to be. Here’s how to turn the exam into a valuable source of feedback
Susan Sheahan
01, Jun, 2017 @9:48 AM
Lettice and Lovage review – Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman shine
Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman play the warring aesthetes to a tee
Susan Sheahan
21, May, 2017 @7:00 AM
Observer/Anthony Burgess prize-winning arts essay: Evgenia Arbugaeva’s Weather Man by Susan Sheahan
The £3,000 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for the best arts essay in 2016 goes to Sheahan’s review of a series of photographs of a Russian meteorologist
Susan Sheahan
26, Feb, 2017 @8:00 AM
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