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Category Archives: Journalism
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical, Menier Chocolate Factory
Britain’s most beloved diarist (give or take a Bridget Jones) comes to London in chamber musical form in a new adaptation created with the late Sue Townsend’s blessing. Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary’s version, tweaked since its premiere run in Leicester in 2015, should … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, broadwayworld, children, family, holiday, jake brunger, kids, love, luke sheppard, menier chocolate factory, musical, parents, pippa cleary, review, romance, school, sue townsend, the secret diary of adrian mole, young
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Girl from the North Country, Old Vic
Defiantly rejecting the standard jukebox model, Conor McPherson’s much-anticipated new work mining the back catalogue of Bob Dylan is labelled “a play with songs” – or perhaps that should be a play and songs, with two distinct forms of storytelling weaving around … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, america, bob dylan, broadwayworld, bronagh gallagher, ciaran hinds, conor mcpherson, drama, duluth, forever young, girl from the north country, great depression, like a rolling stone, minnesota, music, musical, old vic, play, review, ron cook, shirley henderson, singing, song
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Mosquitoes, National Theatre
In the immediate, heartbroken aftermath of the EU Referendum, I had some very uncharitable thoughts about the right to vote. Perhaps it should involve some kind of IQ test, or at least a demonstrable ability to tell the difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, brexit, broadwayworld, child, eu, experts, faith, family, international, internet, large hadron collider, london, lucy kirkwood, metropolitan elite, mosquitoes, mother, national theatre, olivia colman, olivia williams, parent, physics, quaker, referendum, review, rufus norris, science, stupid, teenager, theatre, trump
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BWW Interview: Freema Agyeman
The actress talks Doctor Who, Sense8 and making her West End debut in Apologia. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged activist, actress, alexi kaye campbell, apologia, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, child, discount, diversity, doctor who, female, feminism, feminist, freema agyeman, gay, interview, jamie lloyd, jodie whittaker, laura carmichael, lesbian, lgbtq, liberal, london, mother, netflix, parent, politics, radical, sci fi, sense8, sexuality, son, stage, stockard channing, the doctor, theatre, ticket deal, torchwood, transgender, tv, wachowski, west end
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BWW Interview: Bronagh Gallagher
The actress and musician talks Conor McPherson’s new Bob Dylan-infused play Girl from the North Country. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged actress, america, bob dylan, broadwayworld, bronagh gallagher, conor mcpherson, drama, girl from the north country, interview, london, minnesota, music, old vic, play, singer, singing, theatre
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BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast
The choreographer talks Beauty and the Beast. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anthony van laast, be our guest, beauty and the beast, blu-ray, broadwayworld, buy, children, choreographer, dan stevens, dance, dancing, disney, dvd, emma watson, family, film, interview, kids, movie, musical, tina turner, waltz
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Touch, Soho Theatre
Neat freaks beware: Touch is your ultimate nightmare. This latest offering from DryWrite, the company that launched the now stratospheric Fleabag, centres on another woman with a chaotic personal life – this time, mirrored by the symphony of filth that is her cramped … Continue reading
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Tagged amy morgan, bdsm, broadwayworld, comedy, drama, DryWrite, female, feminism, feminist, fleabag, kink, london, love, phoebe waller-bridge, play, review, romance, sex, soho theatre, taboo, theatre, touch, vicky jones, welsh, woman
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BWW Interview: Charlotte Wakefield
The actress talks the new UK tour of Gershwin musical Crazy for You. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged actress, broadway, broadwayworld, caroline flack, charlotte wakefield, crazy for you, dancing, gershwin, interview, musical, Oklahoma, polly, singing, the sound of music, tom chambers, uk tour
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