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Apologia, Trafalgar Studios
Back in 2009, Alexi Kaye Campbell followed up his bold first play The Pride with Apologia, which takes the well-trodden path of a fraught family reunion where past grievances stalk the present. If more conventional, it’s still an enjoyable combination of big ideas, sharp … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alexi kaye campbell, america, american, apologia, baby boomer, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap, child, family, feminist, freema agyeman, jamie lloyd, laura carmichael, liberal, london, mother, obama, politics, protest, review, sixties, socialist, son, stockard channing, ticket deal, ticket discount, trafalgar studios, trump, west end
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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
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
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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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
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
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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Annie, Piccadilly Theatre
Has there ever been a time when we’re more in need of irrepressible optimism? The orphan who convinces everyone around her that “the sun will come out tomorrow” has certainly hit the West End at an opportune moment, and there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged america, annie, broadwayworld, children, daddy warbucks, depression, family, hard knock life, kids, london, madeleine haynes, miranda hart, miss hannigan, musical, new deal, new york, nikolai foster, orphan, piccadilly theatre, review, theatre, tomorrow, west end
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Russian phantoms, American identity and S-Town
On my April MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Russian phantoms The Design Museum resurrects utopian Soviet architecture Don’t miss: American abyss From Edward Hopper to Grant Wood: 1930s Americana at the Royal Academy Commuter corner Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream and new podcast … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism
Tagged 1930s, america, america after the fall, april, architecture, art, book, building, commute, commuter, depression, design museum, edward hopper, exhibition, fever dream, gallery, grant wood, imagine moscow, london, moveto, moveto town and country magazine, novel, painting, pick of the month, podcast, read, royal academy, russian, russian revolution, s-town, soviet
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BWW Interview: Rachel Tucker
The actress and singer discusses her first solo tour. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, america, andrew lloyd webber, belfast, bridge house theatre, broadway, broadwayworld, i'd do anything, interview, rachel tucker, reality tv, singer, solo show, songs, sting, the last ship, tour, tv, we will rock you, west end, wicked, zedel
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Buried Child, Trafalgar Studios
This revival of Sam Shepard’s apocalyptic 1978 play has gained resonance since 2016’s most apocalyptic political development – namely, Donald Trump cynically harnessing Midwestern anger and disillusionment. The latter is on display in heightened, American Gothic form in this Pulitzer … Continue reading
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Tagged america, amy madigan, broadwayworld, buried child, ed harris, jeremy irvine, midwest, review, rust belt, sam shepard, theatre, trafalgar studios, west end
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One Night in Miami, Donmar Warehouse
“I shook up the world.” So says young gun and new heavyweight champion Cassius Clay (shortly to become Muhammad Ali) in those heady moments after his shock defeat of Sonny Liston in February 1964. But a meeting that same night … Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, america, black, broadwayworld, cassius clay, donmar warehouse, jim brown, kemp powers, malcolm x, muhammad ali, one night in miami, race, review, sam cooke
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Father Comes Home From The Wars, Royal Court
The current racial crisis in America might seem too urgent, too horrific, for us to be constantly seeking historical stories, but Suzan-Lori Parks’s play cycle makes a vividly articulate case for the long thread running from 19th-century slavery to 2016 debate … Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, america, army, broadwayworld, civil war, confederate, father comes home from the wars, greece, hero, history, homer, odyssey black, race, review, royal court, slave, slavery, soldier, Suzan-Lori Parks, texas
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Bugsy Malone, Lyric Hammersmith
For those in sore need of a theatrical pick-me-up, jazz square your way over to Bugsy Malone. Last year’s smash-hit opener of the redeveloped Lyric has been given a well-deserved encore, with Sean Holmes’s production once again nailing the beguiling … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alan parker, america, bugsy malone, children, dancing, drama, drew mconie, family, gangster, kids, london, lyric hammersmith, musical, prohibition era, review, sean holmes, songs, stage, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre
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