Thomas Messner

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  Theatre

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe

  ★★★★★

  Sometimes, the best way to create a warm, communal...

  Thomas Messner 1st May 2026
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  Movie

  Mother Mary

  ★★★★★

  That artists of any kind will, at some point, slam into a creative wall is...

  Thomas Messner 24th April 2026
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  The Wizard of the Kremlin

  ★★★★★

  When dramatising recent history, what factors differentiate dry fact from galvanising...

  Thomas Messner 16th April 2026
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  Kiss of the Spider Woman

  ★★★★★

  Two men share a cramped Buenos Aires cell at the height of Argentina’s military...

  Thomas Messner 15th April 2026
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  Undertone

  ★★★★★

  Undertone, the new A24 chiller, marks an authoritative directorial debut from writer-director Ian...

  Thomas Messner 6th April 2026
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  Theatre

  Mythos: Ragnarok at Alexandra Palace Theatre

  ★★★★★

  Double crosses, triple crosses, triumphs, defeats. On the face of...

  Thomas Messner 22nd March 2026
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  Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

  ★★★★★

  Come the end of directing duo Matt-Bettinelli Olpin and Tyler Gillett (known...

  Thomas Messner 20th March 2026
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  Theatre

  Bird Grove at Hampstead Theatre

  ★★★★★

  During a brief private getaway, two women bemoan their confined stations in...

  Thomas Messner 28th February 2026
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  Dracula at Noël Coward Theatre

  ★★★★★

  It all begins unassumingly, as Cynthia Erivo takes the stage, turns her back to...

  Thomas Messner 18th February 2026
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  Forest High

  ★★★★★

  “Unable to be silent, I will be long and still”. Arriving during a hushed...

  Thomas Messner 16th February 2026