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Tina, Aldwych Theatre
It is, perhaps, a tale that suffers from overfamiliarity. Tina Turner’s rags-to-riches story – from humble beginnings as little Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her discovery, reinvention and sickening abuse by husband and manager Ike Turner, and finally … Continue reading
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Tagged adrienne warren, america, biography, ike turner, london, musical, phil spector, proud mary, review, river deep, rock, simply the best, theartsdesk, tina, tina the musical, tina turner, west end
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Housing, cycling and movies for your ears
Highlights of my November MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Crisis management New London Architecture’s competition winners propose solutions for London’s affordable housing shortage Don’t miss: Two wheels good The Design Museum celebrates the cycling boom with a new exhibition … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Journalism
Tagged affordable housing, art, audio, bike, biography, book, boris bikes, bradley wiggins, buy, chris hoy, commute, commuter, competition, cycling, design museum, exhibition, generation rent, house, housing, housing crisis, housing shortage, jonathan bate, live, london, london 2012, mayor of london, moveto, moveto town and country, new london architecture, nla, olympics, peter murray, podcast, property, read, sell, story, team sky, ted hughes, the truth, tour de france, winner
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An Open Book: David Lan
The Young Vic’s artistic director shares his favourite reads, from Steinbeck and social history to Henry James and Stanislavsky. Read my full theartsdesk interview here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged artistic director, best, biography, book, brendan simms, chekhov, crime, david lan, dh lawrence, drama, Elmore Leonard, europe, favourite, fiction, graham greene, henry james, hg wells, history, interview, John Steinbeck, jonathan spence, Jonny Steinberg, joseph conrad, Michael Connelly, novel, peter brook, play, poetry, Raymond Chandler, read, robert caro, sci fi, south africa, stanislavsky, the arts desk, the empty space, The Grapes of Wrath, The Number, the portrait of a lady, theartsdesk, theatre, ts eliot, young vic, zola
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An Open Book: Bruce McCall
Polo played in surplus First World War tanks; zeppelin shooting as a gentlemanly leisure pursuit; mighty vessel RMS Tyrannic, proud host of the Grand Ballroom Chariot Race and so safe “that she carries no insurance”. These are just some of … Continue reading
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Tagged america, artist, author, biography, book, bruce mccall, canadian, caribbean, comic book, cover, dickens, fiction, history, illustrator, John Malcolm Brinnin, John Masefield, magazine, nabokov, national lampoon, new yorker, nonfiction, Ogden Nash, patrick leigh fermor, poem, poet, poetry, read, reading, retrofuturism, satire, saturday night live, saul bellow, shouts and murmurs, writer, zany afternoons
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Ready for his close-up
Legendary movie musicals director? You’re thinking Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly – not Charles Walters. But, as Brent Phillips argues cogently in his illuminating new book, that exclusion is simply unjust. Charles “Chuck” Walters’ work has certainly left an … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, book, broadway, charles walters, dance, dance today, dancer, dancing, debbie reynolds, director, doris day, dream factory, film, frank sinatra, fred astaire, gay, gene kelly, get happy, gigi, ginger rogers, golden age, high society, hollywood, homosexual, judy garland, magazine, Meet Me in St Louis, mgm, movie, movie musical, musical, play, review, Stanley Donen, summer stock, the unsinkable molly brown, theatre, Vincente Minnelli
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