Category Archives: Film

BWW Interview: Bunny Christie and Tony Grech-Smith

Posted on March 16, 2018 by mkmswain

The designer and NT Live broadcast director on, respectively, creating Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre and translating it to screen. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here Advertisements

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BWW Interview: Adrian Lester

Posted on March 13, 2018 by mkmswain

The actor discusses his role in Mike Bartlett’s TV drama Trauma. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Picasso, Lady Bird, Mary Stuart and West Cork

Posted on March 12, 2018 by mkmswain

On my March MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition Pablo Picasso’s ‘year of wonders’ graces Tate Modern Film The mother-daughter relationship deftly captured by Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird Theatre Robert Icke’s Mary Stuart presents history as a modern political thriller Commuter corner The latest must-binge true … Continue reading →

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Andreas Gurky, Three Billboards, Pinter and mermaids

Posted on February 13, 2018 by mkmswain

On my (new and improved!) February MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition The Hayward Gallery reopens in style with a retrospective of Andreas Gurky Film Frances McDormand is riveting as the foul-mouthed avenging angel in Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Theatre Sixty years on, Harold Pinter’s The … Continue reading →

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Movers and Shakers

Posted on July 30, 2017 by mkmswain

Three leading practitioners discuss the thriving field of movement direction. Read my full Dancing Times article here

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BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast

Posted on July 18, 2017 by mkmswain

The choreographer talks Beauty and the Beast. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

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Plywood, sci-fi and famously bad films

Posted on July 17, 2017 by mkmswain

On my July MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Good wood Delve into the history and pioneering future of plywood at the V&A Don’t miss: The final frontier The Barbican goes sci-fi, from rare film and books to a Black Mirror installation … Continue reading →

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Talking tap on Mark Forrest’s show

Posted on February 12, 2017 by mkmswain

I joined Mark Forrest on his BBC radio show to talk La La Land and the tap revival. Click here to listen to the interview (I’m on at about 2hr 42min)

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Pick of the Week

Posted on September 1, 2016 by mkmswain

Poldark, Woody Allen, Proms pleasures and Blackpool illuminations. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here

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Take Five! Spend Your Tea Break with Ralph Fiennes

Posted on June 16, 2016 by mkmswain

As Rupert Goold’s new production of Richard III opens at the Almeida, relive five of Ralph Fiennes’s great performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Category Archives: Film

BWW Interview: Bunny Christie and Tony Grech-Smith

BWW Interview: Adrian Lester

Picasso, Lady Bird, Mary Stuart and West Cork

Andreas Gurky, Three Billboards, Pinter and mermaids

Movers and Shakers

BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast

Plywood, sci-fi and famously bad films

Talking tap on Mark Forrest’s show

Pick of the Week

Take Five! Spend Your Tea Break with Ralph Fiennes

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