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How ‘Fashion Freak Show’ charts Jean Paul Gaultier’s career from Pierre Cardin to Madonna

Posted on June 27, 2022 by mkmswain

The designer’s autobiographical show is coming to the Roundhouse.

Read my full London Theatre article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged book tickets, celebrity, design, designer, eurovision, fashion, fashion freak show, fashion show, haute couture, hollywood, kylie minogue, london, london theatre, madonna, musical, play, roundhouse, theatre | Leave a comment

Bonnie Langford: All I did in Doctor Who was say ‘but Doctor…’ and scream

Posted on June 27, 2022 by mkmswain

I chatted to Bonnie Langford about Anything Goes, Doctor Who, EastEnders and more.

Read my full The i Paper interview here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged actress, barbican, bonnie langford, dancing, dancing on ice, doctor who, eastenders, interview, london, london theatre, musical, strictly come dancing, the i paper, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

Glastonbury 2022

Posted on June 27, 2022 by mkmswain

I helmed the Telegraph’s festival coverage on Saturday and Sunday.

Posted in Journalism, TV | Tagged bbc, diana ross, festival, glastonbury, glastonbury 2022, kendrick lamar, music, paul mccartney, pop music, recap, review, telegraph, tv | Leave a comment

Will this novel do for Joan of Arc what Wolf Hall did for Thomas Cromwell?

Posted on June 24, 2022 by mkmswain

Katherine J Chen’s fresh and enthralling novel Joan reimagines the servant girl who took on the English as a hardscrabble survivor.

Read my full Telegraph review here

Posted in Fiction, Journalism | Tagged book, fiction, hilary mantel, historical, joan, joan of arc, katherine j chen, novel, review, telegraph, wolf hall | Leave a comment

Watch West End family dramas on stage

Posted on June 23, 2022 by mkmswain

From Mad House and The Glass Menagerie to Dear Evan Hansen.

Read my full London Theatre article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged amy adams, back to the future, Bill Pullman, book tickets, david harbour, dear evan hansen, emilia clarke, family, family drama, frozen, london, london theatre, mad house, musical, play, shakespeare, the glass menagerie, the seagull, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

See summer shows at London’s outdoor theatres

Posted on June 23, 2022 by mkmswain

From Shakespeare’s Globe to Regent’s Park and the Underbelly Festival.

Read my full London Theatre article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged book tickets, london, london theatre, open air theatre, outdoor theatre, play, regents park, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, summer, theatre, underbelly festival, west end | Leave a comment

See West End shows with religious themes

Posted on June 23, 2022 by mkmswain

Heavenly London shows, from The Southbury Child to The Book of Mormon.

Read my full London Theatre article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bad jews, bob marley, book tickets, christian, church, come from away, faith, get up stand up, god, jewish, les miserables, london, london theatre, mormon, musical, play, religion, religious, sister, sister act, the book of mormon, the southbury child, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

Dark Earth review

Posted on June 20, 2022 by mkmswain

Magic in the ghostly rubble of 6th-century London.

Read my full Telegraph review here

Posted in Fiction, Journalism | Tagged ancient rome, anglo saxon, book, dark ages, dark earth, fiction, historical, history, londinium, novel, rebecca stott, review, roman, telegraph | Leave a comment

Not to hold Eurovision in Ukraine is a capitulation to Putin

Posted on June 17, 2022 by mkmswain

Ukraine could have gained soft power, international attention and trade, while giving the Song Contest purpose.

Read my full Telegraph article here

Posted in Journalism, TV | Tagged eurovision, eurovision 2023, music, putin, russia, sam ryder, telegraph, uk, ukraine, war | Leave a comment

A Doll’s House, Part 2, Donmar Warehouse

Posted on June 17, 2022 by mkmswain

Ibsen meets Rocky in this blistering postmodern drama.

Read my full London Theatre review here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a dolls house, a dolls house part 2, donmar warehouse, feminism, london, london theatre, lucas hnath, Noma Dumezweni, nora, play, review, theatre | Leave a comment

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