Mates blogger: Tim Masters
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For many years, Tim Masters was a BBC arts correspondent covering the UK theatre scene. In 2017 he changed jobs at the Beeb, but he still loves to escape to the theatre as often as he can. With London’s theatres just a Boris bike ride away, he thought he’d get back into writing about the plays, the actors, the creatives and the excitement of opening nights. The Man in the Grand Circle is a personal blog and not related to the BBC.
The latest from Tim's site
The Man in the Grand Circle is changing seats… 18th July 2021
Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner review – Royal Court 23rd June 2021
Amelie The Musical review – Criterion Theatre 5th June 2021
Cruise review – Duchess Theatre 24th May 2021
Walden – First night report from the Harold Pinter Theatre 23rd May 2021
The Mousetrap review – St Martin’s Theatre 17th May 2021
A Christmas Carol review – Jermyn Street Theatre / Guildford Shakespeare Company 20th December 2020
A Christmas Carol review – Dominion Theatre 15th December 2020
A Christmas Carol review – Bridge Theatre 8th December 2020
Beat the Devil review – Bridge Theatre 10th September 2020
Monologues review – Oxford Castle 4th September 2020
Coriolanus review 7th June 2020
Treasure Island review 19th April 2020
Jesus Christ Superstar review 11th April 2020
One Man, Two Guvnors review 7th April 2020
Blithe Spirit review – Duke of York’s Theatre 12th March 2020
Shoe Lady review – Royal Court 10th March 2020
Theatre 2020: Pick of the plays 5th January 2020
Top 10 theatre shows of 2019 30th December 2019
A Kind of People review – Royal Court 12th December 2019
A Christmas Carol review – The Old Vic 7th December 2019
& Juliet review – Shaftesbury Theatre 21st November 2019
Death of a Salesman review – Piccadilly Theatre 8th November 2019
The Man in the White Suit review – Wyndham’s Theatre 9th October 2019
Run For Your Wife review – The Mill at Sonning 7th October 2019
Noises Off review – Garrick Theatre 5th October 2019
The Watsons review – Menier Chocolate Factory 2nd October 2019
Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. review – Royal Court 28th September 2019
Youth without God review – Coronet Theatre 24th September 2019
The Permanent Way – The Vaults 21st September 2019
What’s in a Name? review – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (and touring) 14th September 2019
Amsterdam review – Orange Tree Theatre 12th September 2019
For Services Rendered review – Jermyn Street Theatre 10th September 2019
Posh review – Oxford Playhouse and touring 7th September 2019
Hansard review – National Theatre (Lyttelton) 4th September 2019
The Son review – Duke of York’s Theatre 3rd September 2019
Towards Zero review – The Mill at Sonning 31st August 2019
How Fleabag got kick-started 26th August 2019
The Doctor review – Almeida Theatre 21st August 2019
Actually review – Trafalgar Studios 13th August 2019
8 Hotels review – Chichester Festival Theatre 8th August 2019
The Falcon’s Malteser review – The Vaults 20th July 2019
The Night of the Iguana review – Noel Coward Theatre 17th July 2019
Macbeth review – Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre at Blenheim Palace 16th July 2019
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review – London Palladium 12th July 2019
The End of History review – Royal Court 7th July 2019
Rosmersholm review – Duke of York’s Theatre 6th July 2019
The Hunt review – Almeida Theatre 27th June 2019
Private Lives review – The Mill at Sonning 22nd June 2019
Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner review – Royal Court 23rd June 2021
Amelie The Musical review – Criterion Theatre 5th June 2021
Cruise review – Duchess Theatre 24th May 2021
Walden – First night report from the Harold Pinter Theatre 23rd May 2021
The Mousetrap review – St Martin’s Theatre 17th May 2021
A Christmas Carol review – Jermyn Street Theatre / Guildford Shakespeare Company 20th December 2020
A Christmas Carol review – Dominion Theatre 15th December 2020
A Christmas Carol review – Bridge Theatre 8th December 2020
Beat the Devil review – Bridge Theatre 10th September 2020
Monologues review – Oxford Castle 4th September 2020
Coriolanus review 7th June 2020
Treasure Island review 19th April 2020
Jesus Christ Superstar review 11th April 2020
One Man, Two Guvnors review 7th April 2020
Blithe Spirit review – Duke of York’s Theatre 12th March 2020
Shoe Lady review – Royal Court 10th March 2020
Theatre 2020: Pick of the plays 5th January 2020
Top 10 theatre shows of 2019 30th December 2019
A Kind of People review – Royal Court 12th December 2019
A Christmas Carol review – The Old Vic 7th December 2019
& Juliet review – Shaftesbury Theatre 21st November 2019
Death of a Salesman review – Piccadilly Theatre 8th November 2019
The Man in the White Suit review – Wyndham’s Theatre 9th October 2019
Run For Your Wife review – The Mill at Sonning 7th October 2019
Noises Off review – Garrick Theatre 5th October 2019
The Watsons review – Menier Chocolate Factory 2nd October 2019
Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. review – Royal Court 28th September 2019
Youth without God review – Coronet Theatre 24th September 2019
The Permanent Way – The Vaults 21st September 2019
What’s in a Name? review – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (and touring) 14th September 2019
Amsterdam review – Orange Tree Theatre 12th September 2019
For Services Rendered review – Jermyn Street Theatre 10th September 2019
Posh review – Oxford Playhouse and touring 7th September 2019
Hansard review – National Theatre (Lyttelton) 4th September 2019
The Son review – Duke of York’s Theatre 3rd September 2019
Towards Zero review – The Mill at Sonning 31st August 2019
How Fleabag got kick-started 26th August 2019
The Doctor review – Almeida Theatre 21st August 2019
Actually review – Trafalgar Studios 13th August 2019
8 Hotels review – Chichester Festival Theatre 8th August 2019
The Falcon’s Malteser review – The Vaults 20th July 2019
The Night of the Iguana review – Noel Coward Theatre 17th July 2019
Macbeth review – Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre at Blenheim Palace 16th July 2019
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review – London Palladium 12th July 2019
The End of History review – Royal Court 7th July 2019
Rosmersholm review – Duke of York’s Theatre 6th July 2019
The Hunt review – Almeida Theatre 27th June 2019
Private Lives review – The Mill at Sonning 22nd June 2019