Tag Archives: beauty and the beast

Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast

Posted on May 7, 2017 by mkmswain

On my May MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Cutting a fine figure Giacometti’s full body of work revealed in a major Tate Modern retrospective Don’t miss: Making waves The British Museum goes beyond Hokusai’s iconic print Commuter corner Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 11

Posted on December 7, 2015 by mkmswain

What’s worse than a limp theme show? A limp theme show at a crucial stage of the competition. We might arguably have had the same quarter-final elimination without it – paso was always going to expose Princess Helen’s lack of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged anita rani, argentine tango, ballroom, bbc, beauty and the beast, cabaret, chicago, dance, dance off, dancing, foxtrot, georgia may foote, helen george, jay mcguiness, latin, les miserables, lion king, musical, musicals, oliver!, once, paso doble, quarter final, recap, review, rumba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, theatre, tv | Leave a comment

You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews, St James Theatre

Posted on August 28, 2015 by mkmswain

Well, here’s an oddity. You Won’t Succeed… is too fragmented for musical theatre, too bombastic for cabaret, and about as profound as a first-draft Wikipedia page. Channelling the self-referential levity of the Monty Python show from which it takes its … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 3

Posted on October 13, 2014 by mkmswain

I wouldn’t want to imply that the producers of Strictly have some kind of substance-abuse problem and/or are suffering a collective nervous breakdown. It’s just difficult to find another explanation for the acid-trip train wreck that was Movie Week. Or, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, TV | Tagged ballroom, bbc, beauty and the beast, blue, cabaret, cinema, competition, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, dancing with the stars, disney, doctor who, donny osmond, eastenders, film, footloose, fosse, frank sinatra, fred astaire, funny girl, gene kelly, ginger rogers, jennifer gibney, jerome robbins, judge, latin, little mermaid, mamma mia, mary poppins, moon river, movie, movie week, mrs browns boys, on the town, scd, simon cowell, simon webbe, strictly, strictly come dancing, superman, swing time, the doctor, the godfather, the hoff, the jungle book, top gun, tv, west side story | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: beauty and the beast

Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast

Strictly Speaking: Week 11

You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews, St James Theatre

Strictly Speaking: Week 3

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