Tag Archives: charles dickens

A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre

Posted on October 26, 2018 by mkmswain

Hot off award-winning film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and reunited with Matthew Dunster, who directed his hit Hangmen, Martin McDonagh brings his latest to the Bridge – quite a coup for Nick Hytner. Yet this provocative take on Hans Christian Andersen, and on the nature … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a very very very dark matter, author, belgium, book, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, charles dickens, colonialisation, congo, fiction, hangmen, hans christian andersen, jim broadbent, london, martin mcdonagh, phil daniels, race, review, story, three billboards | Leave a comment

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof leads July’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on June 30, 2017 by mkmswain

From Tennessee Williams and Bob Dylan to royal politics and Adrian Mole. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Shock factor gone…but haunting tale is worth revisiting

Posted on September 19, 2014 by mkmswain

Twenty years ago, Michael Billington decried the “pornographic” violence of Philip Ridley’s Ghost from a Perfect Place, archetypal in-yer-face theatre: brash, shocking, confrontational. This revival swaps Hampstead for, more appropriately, the Arcola, where its East End setting has particular resonance, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged arcola, charles dickens, drama, east end, east london, gang, gangster, ghost from a perfect place, gothic, horror, in yer face theatre, islington gazette, london, murder, past, philip ridley, play, prison, review, theatre | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: charles dickens

A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof leads July’s Top 10 new London shows

Shock factor gone…but haunting tale is worth revisiting

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