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Tag Archives: adaptation
Bel Powley on Everything I Know About Love
The actress discusses the BBC’s adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s hit memoir. Read my full Telegraph interview here
Posted in Film, Journalism, TV
Tagged A Small Light, adaptation, anne frank, apple tv, band of brothers, bbc, bbc one, bel powley, casual sex, comedy, dolly alderton, drama, everything i know about love, film, interview, jewish, jubilee, louise perry, made in chelsea, Masters of the Air, miep gies, movie, spielberg, telegraph, the morning show, tom hanks, tv
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Conversations with Friends review
Sally Rooney’s ménage à quatre is more than a match for Normal People. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, TV
Tagged adaptation, bbc, bbc three, conversations with friends, drama, jemima kirke, joe alwyn, marriage, normal people, review, sally rooney, sex, telegraph, tv
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James McArdle: ‘Boris Johnson missed the point of Macbeth’
The actor chats the Scottish play and the BBC’s Life After Life. Read my full The i Paper interview here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged actor, adaptation, almeida theatre, bbc, book, boris johnson, drama, inews, interview, james mcardle, kate atkinson, life after life, london, macbeth, novel, play, Saoirse Ronan, shakespeare, the i paper, theatre, tv
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The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre
Phillip Pullman’s tricky prequel struggles to find magic. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, book, book of dust, bridge theatre, his dark materials, la belle sauvage, london, london theatre, nicholas hytner, novel, philip pullman, play, review, theatre
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What A Carve Up!, Online
Jonathan Coe’s satirical thriller has been inventively adapted in this joint digital project between three theatres: The Barn, Lawrence Batley and New Wolsey. Presented as a Netflix true crime doc-meets-YouTube conspiracy, it’s a gripping watch. Read my full The i Paper review … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, alfred enoch, digital, fiona button, government, jonathan coe, murder, mystery, novel, online, play, review, satire, streaming, the i paper, theatre, thriller
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Sleepless, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Originally due to premiere back in March, Sleepless – a musical version of the winning 1993 movie Sleepless in Seattle – now acts as a test case for the return of fully staged but socially distanced indoor theatre, AKA Stage 4 of the Government’s “roadmap”. Though a … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, an affair to remember, coronavirus, covid 19, empire state building, film, girls aloud, jay mcguiness, kimberley walsh, london, love, meg ryan, movie, musical, nora ephron, review, romance, singing, sleepless, sleepless in seattle, social distancing, socially distanced, strictly come dancing, the wanted, theartsdesk, theatre, tom hanks, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
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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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Jane Eyre, National Theatre at Home
The National Theatre’s online broadcasts got off to a storming start with One Man, Two Guvnors – watched by over 2.5 million people, either on the night or in the week since its live streaming, and raising around £66,000 in donations. Let’s hope … Continue reading
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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The Watsons, Menier Chocolate Factory
Laura Wade isn’t the first to tackle Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, abandoned in 1805, but she is the only one so far to write herself, the struggling adaptor, into the text. This witty, ingenious and surprisingly philosophical play, which premiered … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, austen, book, broadwayworld, chichester festival theatre, Jane Austen, laura wade, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, novel, period drama, regency, review, romance, samuel west, the watsons, unfinished
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