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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
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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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Dinner With Friends, Park Theatre
After 12 seemingly idyllic years, Tom and Beth’s marriage is over. That’s a concern for Gabe and Karen, partly because they care for their friends, and there’s the ugly business of choosing sides, but mainly because it causes them to … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged affair, america, american, artist, break up, cheating, connecticut, dating, dinner with friends, divorce, drama, food, friend, husband, lawyer, london, marriage, married, park theatre, play, Pulitzer Prize, review, romance, sex, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, wife, writer
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Listed: The 100 Funniest Things about Downton Abbey
As the series draws to a close, we list its mostly unintentional hilarity, from the entail and the Turkish corpse to the death-by-political-correctness of Isis the dog. Read the full theartsdesk article here
Posted in Journalism, TV
Tagged 100 funniest things, alien, america, american, anna, aristocracy, bates, blackmail, branson, butler, carson, change, child, children, class, daisy, death, doctor, dog, dowager countess, downstairs, downton, downton abbey, drama, entail, first world war, funniest, funny, his lordship, history, hospital, hugh bonneville, irish, isis, isobel, itv, julian fellowes, lady, lady edith, lady mary, last series, lord, lord grantham, love, maggie smith, maid, matthew, miscarriage, mr pamuk, mrs hughes, murder, period, pigs, review, romance, servant, sex, soap, soap opera, sybil, television, the queen, thomas, titanic, turk, turkish, tv, upstairs, war, ww1
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Pick of the Week
Bridget Christie and flamenco in Edinburgh, family-friendly Green Man Festival and will The Man From U.N.C.L.E will be a Cold War hit, or just lukewarm? Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here
Posted in Dance, Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged almeida, america, american, australia, bbc, best, book, bridget christie, bruce mccall, cold war, comedy, comic, cricket, dance, edinburgh, election, feature, festival, film, flamenco, fringe, game of thrones, greeks, green man, guy ritchie, interview, israel galvan, magazine, mark steel, movie, music, natalie dormer, new yorker, newsletter, novel, pick of the week, proms, read, republican, review, sibelius, spy, super furry animals, the arts desk, the ashes, the iliad, the man from uncle, the scandalous lady w, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, wales
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The art of living
Highlights of my July MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Dig deep Take an active role in uncovering London’s history during the Festival of Archaeology Don’t miss: Picture perfect It’s girls on top in the Prize for Illustration, responding to the theme London … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism
Tagged abroad, america, american, archaeology, art, book, children, city, commute, commuter, competition, country, dig, excavation, exhibition, family, festival, festival of archaeology, fiction, foreshore, go set a watchman, greenwich, harper lee, history, holiday, ice cave, illustration, immigration, kids, london, london transport museum, moveto, moveto town and country, museum, novel, pack, packing, packpoint, past, prize, read, roman, royal observatory, thames, time team, to kill a mockingbird, town, train, transport, treasure, trip, tube, underground
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Luna Gale, Hampstead Theatre
Can we really distinguish between experience-based judgement and personal bias? Caroline, the social worker at the centre of American writer Rebecca Gilman’s latest “issue” play, trusts a gut instinct informed by her 25-year career, but those decisions – which shape … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, america, american, austerity, budget, child, child protection, children, christian, church, cuts, drama, drug addict, drugs, evangelical, faith, family, father, foster care, hampstead theatre, iowa, luna gale, meth, michael attenborough, mother, neglect, north london, parent, play, rebecca gilman, rehab, religion, review, sharon small, social services, social worker, theatre, welfare
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Ah, Wilderness!, Young Vic
Coming-of-age comedy, moonlit romance and a gentle folk soul: can this really be Eugene O’Neill? The master of darkness makes a surprising departure with semi-autobiographical 1933 work Ah, Wilderness!, which visits staple tropes – addiction, family strife, responsibility and regret … Continue reading
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Tagged ah wilderness, america, american, child, comedy, coming of age, connecticut, drama, Eugene O’Neill, family, folk, fourth of july, george mackay, janie dee, london, long days journey into night, Natalie Abrahami, parent, play, review, romance, socialist, swinburne, teenager, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, wilde, young vic
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Bad Jews, Arts Theatre
Joshua Harmon’s provocative 2012 piece is the Rocky of comedies. His evenly matched sparring partners, a pair of viscerally antagonistic cousins confined in close quarters after a familial loss, bruise, bludgeon and literally draw blood. The bonds of kinship have … Continue reading
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Tagged america, american, arts theatre, bad jews, cousin, culture, death, drama, faith, family, funeral, heritage, holocaust, identity, inheritance, jew, jewish, joshua harmon, judaism, kin, london, new york, play, race, racial, religion, review, rocky, summertime, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tradition, west end
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Why do Strictly viewers hate Ashley Roberts?
This weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing semi-final saw a third consecutive trip to the dreaded dance-off for ex-Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts – despite topping the leaderboard with pro partner Pasha Kovalev after notching four nines for a fierce Paso Doble and a perfect … Continue reading →