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Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre
It’s been 15 years since Cameron Mackintosh’s stage musical version of P. L. Travers’ Mary Poppins made its West End debut. Now, the magical nanny returns to the Prince Edward Theatre, with Zizi Strallen (who also headlined the UK tour) succeeding her sister Scarlett in the … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, book, book tickets, charlie stemp, children, dancing, disney, family, julian fellowes, london, magic, mary poppins, matthew bourne, musical, nanny, pl travers, review, singing, songs, theartsdesk, theatre, west end, zizi strallen
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Strictly Come Dancing – with its first same-sex dance tomorrow, is the show keeping in step with the modern dance world?
Bereft fans of popular new professional Johannes Radebe, who departed Strictly Come Dancing with partner Catherine Tyldesley after a controversial dance-off last week, will at least get to see him make history on tomorrow night’s results show. Read my full Telegraph article … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, competition, courtney act, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, dancing with the stars, gay, johannes radebe, latin, lead swapping, lgbt, results show, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, the greatest dancer, tv
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Is Strictly’s dance-off still fit for purpose?
Drama erupted on last weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing when, in a split decision, the judges saved BBC presenter Mike Bushell and partner Katya Jones in the climactic dance-off – eliminating actress Catherine Tyldesley and Johannes Radebe. Read my full The i Paper article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged a star is born, bbc, catherine tyldesley, celebrity, competition, dance, dance off, dancing, david james, dev griffin, elimination, gethin jones, james cracknell, johannes radebe, judges, Matt Di Angelo, mike bushell, results show, single ladies, strictly, strictly come dancing, the i paper, tv
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The West End Frame Show
Had the great pleasure of joining theatre podcast The West End Frame Show as a guest co-host, discussing recent openings and news. Listen to it here!
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged broadwayworld, caissie levy, casting, cora bissett, dancing times, dave malloy, dear evan hansen, journalist, les miserables, london, musical, play, podcast, preludes, regents park open air, review, soho theatre, southwark playhouse, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, theatre, west end, west end frame, west end frame show, what girls are made of
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