-
Recent Posts
Tags
Archives
Follow me on Twitter
- Orchestra warming up and audience chatter...goosebumps! https://t.co/V5rhQfBStq 2 hours ago
- @Nataliealana87 She’s part bat 3 hours ago
- So so excited to be back at lovely @Sadlers_Wells tonight for some liiiiiiive dancing! https://t.co/AKh9qnynMg 9 hours ago
Links
Tag Archives: chichester festival theatre
The Watsons, Menier Chocolate Factory
Laura Wade isn’t the first to tackle Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, abandoned in 1805, but she is the only one so far to write herself, the struggling adaptor, into the text. This witty, ingenious and surprisingly philosophical play, which premiered … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, austen, book, broadwayworld, chichester festival theatre, Jane Austen, laura wade, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, novel, period drama, regency, review, romance, samuel west, the watsons, unfinished
Leave a comment
Interview: Sharon D Clarke
The actress discusses her role in musical Caroline, or Change. Read my full TodayTix interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1960s, african-american, america, black, book tickets, caroline or change, chichester festival theatre, civil rights, daniel evans, family, interview, jeanine tesori, maid, motown, musical, playhouse theatre, race, racism, sharon d clarke, singing, todaytix, tony kushner, west end
Leave a comment
theartsdesk Q&A: Choreographer Stephen Mear
From Singin’ in the Rain and Anything Goes to Hello, Dolly! and Mary Poppins, Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear has done more than any other British choreographer to usher classic musicals into the modern era. But adept as he is … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Theatre
Tagged 42nd Street, acorn antiques, adam garcia, anything goes, arlene phillips, ballet, betty blue eyes, bob avian, broadway, busby berkeley, cats, chicago, chichester festival theatre, choreographer, city of angels, crazy for you, dance, dancing, disney, donmar warehouse, drama, english national opera, eno, evita, gershwin, gillian lynne, gypsy, gypsy rose lee, hello dolly, imelda staunton, interview, jerome robbins, jonathan kent, josie rourke, julie walters, kiss me kate, lara pulver, london, mama rose, mary poppins, matthew bourne, musical, national theatre, new york, Oklahoma, old vic, olivier awards, on the town, play, regents park open air, richard eyre, rob marshall, sadlers wells, singin in the rain, steam heat, stephen mear, stephen ward, strictly come dancing, strip, stripper, stripping, striptease, susan stroman, tap, the little mermaid, the pajama game, the producers, theatre, trevor nunn, victoria wood, west end
Leave a comment
Stevie, Hampstead Theatre
Writing about writers: exploring what you know, or the very definition of stifling egoism? Either way, it can be a terrible trap for the playwright, with craft becoming not just the subject of a work, but its defining feature. Hugh … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged chichester festival theatre, christopher morahan, commute, death, drama, hampstead theatre, london, mitford, morbid, not waving but drowning, novel, novelist, palmers green, play, poet, poetry, review, stevie, stevie smith, suburban, suburbs, suicide, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, write, writer, writing, zoe wanamaker
Leave a comment
