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Where to watch celebrities onstage
From Andrew Scott in the Old Vic’s Three Kings to Sleepless‘s pop star leads and a host of luminaries in Talking Heads. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
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The Lehman Trilogy leads July’s Top 10 new London shows
From a new theatrical epic to Shakespeare and musical spoof. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a monster calls, aiden turner, alan bennett, allelujah, argentina, as you like it, best, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, charing cross theatre, charlie fink, che malambo, cheap tickets, dance, dancing, duke of yorks theatre, hamiton, ian mckellen, it happened in key west, july, king lear, london, martin mcdonagh, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, noel coward theatre, old vic, patrick ness, peacock theatre, pity, play, regents park open air, rory mullarkey, royal court, sale, sally cookson, sam mendes, save, shakespeare, simon russell beale, spamilton, summer, terrorism, the lehman trilogy, the lieutenant of inishmore, theatre, ticket deal, top 10, visit london, west end, what to do, what to see
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BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner
The former Artistic Director of the National Theatre discusses memoir Balancing Acts, and his new Bridge Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alan bennett, artistic director, audra mcdonald, balancing acts, beginning, benedict cumberbatch, book, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, buy, carousel, curious incident of the dog in the night time, danny boyle, director, diversity, follies, frankenstein, his dark materials, interview, johnny lee miller, london, martin mcdonagh, memoir, musical, national theatre, new writing, nicholas hytner, nick starr, one man two guvnors, philip pullman, richard eyre, rufus norris, the book of dust, the history boys, tom morris, war horse, west end, young marx
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The messiness and painfulness of love examined
“What’s a night between friends?” That’s the question posed by this incisive study of desire and deception when it transpires the eponymous Reg – personifying Dionysian chaos and carnal abandon – has captured any number of hearts and loins. Reg … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, aids, alan bennett, chekhov, dionysus, donmar warehouse, gay, ham and high, kevin elyot, london, love, my night with reg, play, review, sex, theatre
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