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Tag Archives: anne-marie duff
Sweet Charity, Donmar Warehouse
For her swansong, departing Donmar Artistic Director Josie Rourke goes Swinging Sixties in this stylish but flawed revival of the Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Neil Simon musical. From the numerous Andy Warhol homages to Charity’s silver minidress and the cigarette haze, it’s a period … Continue reading
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Tagged andy warhol, anne-marie duff, arthur darvill, big spender, bob fosse, cy coleman, dancing, debbie kurup, donmar warehouse, gwen verdon, josie rourke, lizzy connolly, london, musical, neil simon, review, singing, sixties, sweet charity, theartsdesk, theatre, wayne mcgregor
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All My Sons leads April’s Top 10 new London shows
From Arthur Miller and Caryl Churchill to Don Quixote and zombie gore. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged aint misbehavin, all my sons, almeida theatre, anne-marie duff, april, arthur darvill, arthur miller, ballet, best, Bill Pullman, book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, colin morgan, coliseum, comedy, dance, donmar warehouse, drama, enb, george a romero, horror, Jenna Coleman, kelsey grammer, london, man of la mancha, musical, national theatre, nigel slater, night of the living dead live, old vic, oti mabuse, play, pleasance theatre, recommend, sadlers wells, sale, sally field, scary bikers, she persisted, southwark playhouse, strictly, sweet charity, the other palace, theatre, three sisters, ticket deal, toast, top 10, top girls, trafalgar studios, visit london, west end, zombie
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BWW Interview: Debbie Kurup
The actresses discusses her role in Sweet Charity at the Donmar Warehouse. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, anne-marie duff, big spender, book tickets, broadwayworld, concert, cy coleman, debbie kurup, donmar warehouse, fosse, interview, josie rourke, live at zedel, london, mothers day, musical, neil simon, seyi omooba, sweet charity, taxi dancer, the color purple, wayne mcgregor
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Macbeth, National Theatre
We begin and end with a grisly decapitation. And that’s rather the problem with this intermittently engaging Macbeth, which starts in the throes of some unspecified dystopian hellscape, and thus has nowhere to go. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here
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Tagged anne-marie duff, broadwayworld, london, macbeth, national theatre, review, rory kinnear, rufus norris, shakespeare, theatre
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Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, Wyndham’s Theatre
For the premiere work of new company Elliott & Harper Productions, director Marianne Elliott got the Curious Incident band back together, from playwright Simon Stephens to her acclaimed creative team. But it’s in service of a much more intimate piece that – while strikingly staged … Continue reading
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Tagged anne-marie duff, broadwayworld, grief, heisenberg, kenneth cranham, london, loss, marianne elliott, physics, review, romance, romcom, simon stephens, theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Common, National Theatre
It’s entirely possible that there will one day be a fascinating Heart of Darkness-esque documentary about the making of Common. We can only hope, because the creation of something so extraordinary, so wilfully bewildering, on the National’s biggest stage is … Continue reading
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Tagged anne-marie duff, broadwayworld, common, cush jumbo, dc moore, jeremy herrin, john dagleish, london, national theatre, review, theatre
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Oil, Almeida Theatre
You have to admire the grand scope of Ella Hickson’s long-gestating new play, which grapples with urgent ideas about this vital but declining resource amidst audacious magic realist time travel. Stretching from 19th-century Cornwall to a dystopian future, it’s DH … Continue reading
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Tagged almeida theatre, anne-marie duff, broadwayworld, carrie cracknell, ella hickson, oil, review, yolanda kettle
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Pit drama is grim but gripping
Three plays, three families, three hours of DH Lawrence. If that fills you with dread, I have good news: Ben Power’s skilled melding of this trio of mining dramas, unperformed in Lawrence’s lifetime, creates a spellbindingly intimate epic. Read my … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, anne-marie duff, child, class, dh lawrence, drama, education, family, father, husband, husbands and sons, islington gazette, london, louise brealey, marianne elliott, midlands, mining, mother, national theatre, pit, review, theatre, wife
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