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East is East, Richmond Theatre
The mark of a great revival is that compelling combination of recapturing the past and commenting on the present. Ayub Khan Din’s distinctive comedy/drama, which impressed on its searing 1996 debut and subsequent 1999 award-winning film adaptation, is reborn in … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1970s, asian, Ayub Khan Din, bargain theatreland, comedy, culture, drama, east is east, family, film, immigrant, india, jane horrocks, london, manchester, marriage, movie, muslim, paki, pakistan, parent, play, review, revival, richmond theatre, salford, stage, theatre, trafalgar studios
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The thin blue line
London is burning. The streets of Tottenham, Brixton, Enfield and Wood Green are alight as peaceful protest turns to violent protest turns to ruthless opportunism. Those who recall the 2011 riots will be under no illusions about the reality of … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2011 riots, assault, bargain theatreland, crime, domestic violence, drama, drugs, hampstead theatre, london, london riots, maria aberg, play, police, review, riots, robert peel, roy williams, theatre, wildefire
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Regeneration, Richmond Theatre
The intellectually rigorous artistic response to the anniversary of the First World War continues with Nicholas Wright’s economical adaptation of Pat Barker’s acclaimed 1990s literary trilogy, which arrives at Richmond Theatre following a national tour. Regeneration and its sequels are … Continue reading →
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Tagged adaptation, anniversary, army, bargain theatreland, book, commemoration, doctor, drama, first world war, freud, guilt, hospital, london, Nicholas Wright, novel, pat barker, play, poet, poetry, psychiatrist, ptsd, regeneration, review, richmond theatre, robert graves, shell shock, Siegfried Sassoon, simon godwin, soldier, survivors guilt, theatre, trilogy, Wilfred Owen, world war one, ww1
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Mum’s the word
When A Doll’s House premiered in 1879, actress Hedwig Niemann-Raabe refused to perform Ibsen’s ending as written, declaring: “I would never leave my children!” While Helen Baxendale can and does inhabit a similarly divisive role without complaint, that particular action … Continue reading →
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Tagged a doll's house, bargain theatreland, child, children, cold feet, dad, deborah bruce, divorce, drama, father, helen baxendale, husband, ibsen, kid, london, london riots, marriage, mother, mum, orange tree, parent, paul miller, play, review, richmond, the distance, theatre, wife
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Playing politics
It seems almost unnecessary to criticise Tony Kushner’s insufferable polemic when he does so regularly within the text of A Bright Room Called Day. Characters rebuke one another for their “bad romantic posturing”, “elegant despair” and “carefully constructed but immobile” … Continue reading →
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Tagged a bright room called day, aids, america, angels in america, arthur miller, bargain theatreland, berlin, brecht, communist, drama, germany, hitler, life of brian, london, monty python, nazi, new york, play, reagan, review, southwark playhouse, stalin, the crucible, theatre, tony kushner, trotsky
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The Bard reborn
Shall I compare thee to the Oscar-winning movie? It’s an inescapable association, but one this new stage version embraces wholeheartedly, with faithful re-creations of beloved scenes and the majority of Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s ingenious screenplay retained. Yet unlike … Continue reading →
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Tagged academy award, bargain theatreland, cheek by jowl, christopher marlowe, declan donnellan, drama, elizabethan, film, gwyneth paltrow, jane gibson, lee hall, london, movie, noel coward theatre, oscar, play, renaissance, review, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, shakespeare in love, sonia friedman, stage, theatre, tom stoppard, west end, will shakespeare
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Songs of innocence and experience
“Praise the Lord! We are a musical nation.” Dylan Thomas’s ‘play for voices’ is not just one of the greatest radio dramas of all time, it is also the definitive argument that language can be as profoundly musical as any … Continue reading →
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Tagged bargain theatreland, bbc, centenary, clwyd theatr cymru, drama, dylan thomas, london, music, owen teale, play, poet, poetry, radio, review, richard burton, richmond theatre, terry hands, under milk wood, wales, welsh
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Trouble shared
Owen McCafferty’s spellbinding study of violence, truth and forgiveness has gained extra resonance since its 2012 premiere at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. In fact, its appearance at the Soho seems almost eerily appropriate, coming as it does in the wake of Gerry … Continue reading →
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Tagged abbey theatre, bargain theatreland, belfast, bomb, catholic, drama, dublin, european election, football, gerry adams, intolerance, ira, irish troubles, london, northern ireland, Owen McCafferty, play, protestant, quietly, review, soho theatre, terrorist, the disappeared, theatre, ukip, Ulster Volunteer Force, uvf, world cup
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I dreamed a dream
The entertainment industry finds itself endlessly fascinating. From 42nd Street and A Chorus Line to The Player and Singin’ in the Rain, moviemakers and theatrical impresarios alike can’t resist looking inward. When the story is engaging and/or the satire biting, it’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged 42nd Street, A Chorus Line, andrew lloyd webber, backstage, bargain theatreland, britney spears, cameron macintosh, charing cross, disney, film, fosse, front of house, i can't sing, jennifer saunders, london, love never dies, michael ball, movie, musical, play, review, singin in the rain, spice girls, star, The Player, the stage, theatre, tourist, twitter, ushers, viva forever, west end, x factor
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The age of wisdom
There’s no witch, no chocolate factory, no helicopter or revolutionary barricade, just four singers, five doors, a piano and a bass. And yet Closer Than Ever, nestled in the pocket-sized Jermyn Street Theatre, has to be one of the hottest musical … Continue reading →
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Tagged adult, Arvid Larsen, bargain theatreland, broadway, child, closer than ever, dating, David Shire, divorce, feminist, Graham Bickley, grown up, issy van randwyck, jermyn street, london, love, marriage, middle age, musical, new york, nora ephron, off broadway, old, parent, review, richard maltby jr, sex, Sophie-Louise Dann, theatre, tony award, wedding
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