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Category Archives: Theatre
Preview of The Last Five Years
A musical featuring two people physically separated throughout? Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years could be made for lockdown – as a new digital production aims to prove. Actors Lauren Samuels and Danny Becker, who play doomed lovers Cathy … Continue reading
Our favourite outdoor theatre memories
This summer, we’re sadly not going to be seeing all the outdoor theatre that we’ve loved in past years – whether at venues like Regent’s Park and Shakespeare’s Globe or dedicated festivals and other open-air arts gatherings. So, until we … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, brighton open air, broadwayworld, edinburgh, edinburgh fringe, emma rice, evita, favourite, festival, globe theatre, little shop of horrors, memories, musical, open air theatre, outdoor theatre, play, regents park, regents park open air, shakespeare, shakespeare in the squares, shakespeares globe, the globe, theatre, vicky vox, west end live
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Get your dance fix at home
From streamed dance performances to classes and classic film escapism. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged all that jazz, class, classes, dance, dancing, dirty dancing, film, free, home, instagram, learn, marquee tv, movie, new adventures, performance, production, Rosie Kay Dance Company, royal opera house, show, singin in the rain, streamed, streaming, strictly, strictly come dancing, tamara rojo, the band wagon, tv, video, watch
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Watch these fantastic musical theatre documentaries
Why not use the lockdown period to catch up on your musical theatre history? From the making of iconic shows to fascinating backstage tales and industry insight, these documentaries help to fill the stagey void. Read my full BroadwayWorld article … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged A Chorus Line, amazon, avenue q, backstage, behind the scenes, broadway, broadwayworld, come from away, company, documentary, in the heights, interview, les miserables, lockdown, merrily we roll along, miss saigon, musical, musical theatre, netflix, sondheim, stage, streaming, theatre, tony awards, video, watch, west end, wicked
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Cats, The Shows Must Go On
Cats is, declares composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, a show that doesn’t really have a story, but was beloved on stage because it’s “the ultimate theatrical experience”. That’s the point which Tom Hooper’s grotesque, nightmarish movie adaptation so profoundly missed, with its computer-generated monstrosities and ham-fisted attempts … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, cat, cats, elaine paige, film, gillian lynne, grizabella, james corden, jellicle, john mills, john napier, john partridge, judi dench, memory, movie, musical, rebel wilson, review, stage, stream, the shows must go on, theartsdesk, theatre, tom hooper, trevor nunn, ts eliot, watch online, west end
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BWW Interview: Dick Bird
The designer shares his process and discusses Scottish Opera’s Nixon in China. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged broadwayworld, design, designer, dick bird, interview, nixon, nixon in china, opera, props, scottish opera, set
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The Thread, Sadler’s Wells Online
The latest Sadler’s Wells digital offering is 2019’s The Thread, a luminous collaboration between choreographer Russell Maliphant and Oscar-winning composer Vangelis (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner) for the Athens-based production company Lavris. It’s a striking, contemporary take on Greek folk dance and classical mythology, with a series of … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged contemporary dance, dance, dancing, digital, facebook, folk, free, greece, greek, online, russell maliphant, sadlers wells, stream, the thread, vangelis, youtube
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Rain, Sadler’s Wells Online
The latest Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage offering is a real treat for contemporary dance fans: leading choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s signature work, performed by her company, Rosas, at the venue in 2017. Read my full The i Paper review … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, contemporary dance, dance, dancing, digital, free, online, rain, review, rosas, sadlers wells, stream, the i paper, video
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Treasure Island, National Theatre at Home
Swaggering pirates, X marks the spot, a chattering parrot, “Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum”? All present and correct. But Bryony Lavery’s winning 2014 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson for the National, directed by Polly Findlay, also features key updates and wonderfully creative ideas, plus … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, adventure, arthur darvill, children, doctor who, family, jim hawkins, kids, long john silver, national theatre, national theatre at home, nt live, patsy ferran, pirate, play, review, robert louis stevenson, ship, theartsdesk, theatre, treasure island, treasure map, yo ho ho, young audience
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BWW Interview: Anthony Alderson
The Artistic Director of the Pleasance discusses his time at the helm, dealing with the cancellation of this year’s Festival, and what the shutdown means for theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anthony alderson, broadwayworld, cancelled, director, edinburgh, festival, fringe, interview, islington, london, plays, pleasance, theatre
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