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Tag Archives: chekhov
The Cherry Orchard, Theatre Royal Windsor
This summer, the 82-year-old Ian McKellen became the oldest Hamlet on record in Sean Mathias’s age-, gender- and colour-blind production at Theatre Royal Windsor. Now that same company shifts from Shakespeare to Chekhov. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged chekhov, gandalf, hamlet, ian mckellen, play, review, telegraph, the cherry orchard, theatre, theatre royal windsor
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City of Angels leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
From a musical with old Hollywood glamour to starry Chekhov and Coward. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged all of us, blithe spirit, book tickets, boulevard theatre, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, chekhov, city of angels, clybourne park, daenerys, disability, duke of york's, emilia clarke, francesca martinez, game of thrones, garrick theatre, hampstead theatre, harold pinter, hollywood, imogen stubbs, indecent, jamie lloyd, jay mcguiness, jennifer saunders, kate o'flynn, kimberley walsh, london, love love love, lucy prebble, lyric hammersmith, march, meg ryan, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, new, nicola roberts, noel coward, park theatre, paula vogel, play, playhouse theatre, rachael stirling, show, sleepless, sleepless in seattle, the dumb waiter, the effect, the seagull, theatre, theo james, ticket deal, todaytix, tom hanks, top 10, troubadour wembley park, vanessa williams, west end
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Preludes, Southwark Playhouse
Where does music come from? That’s the vital question posed to Sergei Rachmaninoff in Dave Malloy’s extraordinary 2015 chamber work, as the great late-Romantic Russian composer – stuck in his third year of harrowing writer’s block – tries to relocate his gift. It comes … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alex sutton, art, artist, chekhov, composer, concerto, dahl, dave malloy, depression, failure, hypnotherapy, keith ramsay, london, mental health, mind, music, musical, musician, pianist, piano, prelude, preludes, rachel chavkin, rachmaninoff, rebecca caine, review, russia, southwark playhouse, symphony, theartsdesk, theatre, therapy, writer, writers block
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Three Sisters, Almeida Theatre
Director Rebecca Frecknall and actress Patsy Ferran recently picked up deserved Olivier Awards for their revelatory revival of Summer and Smoke. Now, they’re back at the Almeida, bringing that fresh approach to well-known Chekhov instead of obscure Tennessee Williams. Read … Continue reading
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Tagged almeida theatre, book tickets, broadwayworld, chekhov, london, patsy ferran, play, rebecca frecknall, review, theatre, three sisters
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BWW Interview: Peter Wight
The actor discusses the 60th-anniversary revival of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actor, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, chekhov, comedy, drama, harold pinter, ian rickson, interview, london, mike alfreds, mike leigh, peter wight, play, the birthday party, theatre, ticket deal, west end, zoe manaker
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Take Five! Spend your tea break with Zoe Wanamaker
As Elegy opens at Donmar Warehouse, here are five of Zoe Wanamaker’s indelible performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged agatha christie, all my sons, ariadne oliver, arthur miller, beatrice, benedick, broadwayworld, chekhov, doctor who, donmar warehouse, drama, elegy, film, harry potter, josie rourke, much ado about nothing, national theatre, nick payne, poirot, prime suspect, rsc, simon russell beale, stage, the cherry orchard, theatre, tv, zoe wanamaker
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Uncle Vanya, Almeida Theatre
After putting a modern spin on the Oresteia, with memorable results, director Robert Icke takes on another classic. No samovars here: Icke has stripped back, anglicised and revitalised Chekhov, obliterating the space between story and spectator. His zoomed-in vision offers … Continue reading
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Tagged almeida theatre, chekhov, drama, ham and high, jessica brown findlay, london, paul rhys, play, review, robert icke, russia, theatre, tobias menzies, uncle vanya
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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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