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CD Review: Follies, National Theatre cast recording

Posted on March 11, 2019 by mkmswain

The National Theatre’s Follies (currently enjoying a well-deserved encore run) is something of a musical theatre miracle. Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s 1971 show has endured almost as much existential angst as its characters, endlessly chopped and changed, but Dominic Cooke’s production – appropriately enough – … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 2018, album, broadwayworld, buy, cast, cd, dominic cooke, download, follies, imelda staunton, janie dee, london, musical, national theatre, recording, review, sondheim, soundtrack, stream, theatre, tracie bennett | Leave a comment

Author Interview: Yuval Zommer

Posted on June 8, 2018 by mkmswain

The acclaimed children’s author and illustrator discusses exploring the ocean in his latest work The Big Book of the Blue. Read my full Thames & Hudson interview here

Posted in Fiction, Journalism | Tagged author, book, buy, child, children, childrens book, dolphin, educational, environment, fact, global warming, jellyfish, kids, krill, learn, marine, nature, non fiction, ocean, plastic, science, sea, shark, thames and hudson, the big book of the blue, turtle, whale, writer, young reader, Yuval Zommer | Leave a comment

Ask the experts

Posted on March 14, 2018 by mkmswain

Three smart travellers share their wisdom: for the stylish, tech-savvy and intellectually curious. Read my full Oryx magazine article here

Posted in Journalism | Tagged advice, america, app, article, asia, best, Bonnie Rakhit, buy, cheap, clothes, context, destination, gadget, gear, help, history, hong kong, london, magazine, Mary Jo Binker, one tech traveller, oryx, politics, qatar airways, Russell-Harvey Fernandez, save money, style, stylish, tips, tour, tourist, travel, traveller, washington dc, what to pack | Leave a comment

Andreas Gurky, Three Billboards, Pinter and mermaids

Posted on February 13, 2018 by mkmswain

On my (new and improved!) February MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition The Hayward Gallery reopens in style with a retrospective of Andreas Gurky Film Frances McDormand is riveting as the foul-mouthed avenging angel in Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Theatre Sixty years on, Harold Pinter’s The … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged andreas gurky, art, book, buy, commute, commuter, exhibition, film, frances mcdormand, harold pinter, harold pinter theatre, Hayward Gallery, home, Imogen Hermes Gowar, lifestyle, london, magazine, martin mcdonagh, moveto, moveto town and country, movie, novel, oscars, photographer, photography, property, review, stage, stephen mangan, the birthday party, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, theatre, three billboards outside ebbing missouri, tickets, toby jones, west end, zoe wanamaker | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner

Posted on November 14, 2017 by mkmswain

The former Artistic Director of the National Theatre discusses memoir Balancing Acts, and his new Bridge Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alan bennett, artistic director, audra mcdonald, balancing acts, beginning, benedict cumberbatch, book, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, buy, carousel, curious incident of the dog in the night time, danny boyle, director, diversity, follies, frankenstein, his dark materials, interview, johnny lee miller, london, martin mcdonagh, memoir, musical, national theatre, new writing, nicholas hytner, nick starr, one man two guvnors, philip pullman, richard eyre, rufus norris, the book of dust, the history boys, tom morris, war horse, west end, young marx | Leave a comment

Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner

Posted on July 30, 2017 by mkmswain

Covent Garden flower seller Peter Green on traditional trading and his Royal Warrant. Read my full Discover Britain interview here

Posted in Journalism | Tagged bouquet, buckingham palace, buy, covent garden, discover britain, florist, flower, history, king, london, magazine, market, my fair lady, peter green, queen, royal, royal warrant, seller, smith and green, things to do, tourism, tourist, trader, travel, windsor castle | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast

Posted on July 18, 2017 by mkmswain

The choreographer talks Beauty and the Beast. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anthony van laast, be our guest, beauty and the beast, blu-ray, broadwayworld, buy, children, choreographer, dan stevens, dance, dancing, disney, dvd, emma watson, family, film, interview, kids, movie, musical, tina turner, waltz | Leave a comment

Capability Brown, Summer Exhibition and Adam Buxton

Posted on July 12, 2016 by mkmswain

On my July MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: The big picture Landscape photographers showcase Capability Brown on his 300th anniversary Don’t miss: Seeing double International artistic duos at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition Commuter corner Adam Buxton’s interviews and Harry Potter Read … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism | Tagged adam buxton, art, book, buy, capability brown, commuter, exhibition, gardener, harry potter, harry potter and the cursed child, interview, landscape design, london, moveto, moveto town and country, photograph, podcast, read, royal academy, script, summer exhibition, the building centre | Leave a comment

Housing, cycling and movies for your ears

Posted on November 11, 2015 by mkmswain

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 | Leave a comment

Elf, Dominion Theatre

Posted on November 6, 2015 by mkmswain

This new family musical, based on the popular 2003 Will Ferrell film, has rightly been censured for its extortionate seating prices, hosting the West End’s most expensive top-end tickets at £267.50 a pop – and that’s without the drinks, ice … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: buy

CD Review: Follies, National Theatre cast recording

Author Interview: Yuval Zommer

Ask the experts

Andreas Gurky, Three Billboards, Pinter and mermaids

BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner

Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner

BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast

Capability Brown, Summer Exhibition and Adam Buxton

Housing, cycling and movies for your ears

Elf, Dominion Theatre

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