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Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol: a marvellously musical, disarmingly sincere take on Dickens
Cold Feet alumnus Robert Bathurst is an iron-fisted Scrooge in Parton’s homespun, soulful interpretation of the famous novella. Read my full Telegraph review here
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Tagged a christmas carol, charles dickens, christmas, country music, dolly parton, dollywood, family theatre, george maguire, london, musical, play, review, robert bathurst, scrooge, smoky mountain christmas carol, southbank centre, telegraph, tennessee, theatre
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This Snow White is as traditional as panto gets (for better or worse)
New Wimbledon Theatre’s festive offering will keep youngsters happy, but a little more creativity wouldn’t have hurt. Read my full Telegraph review here
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Tagged christmas, dick and dom, family, hannah lowther, lee mead, london, musical, new wimbledon theatre, panto, pantomime, review, ruthie henshall, snow white, telegraph, theatre, wimbledon
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What to do in London at Christmas
From shows and restaurants to markets, ice skating and more. Read my full London Theatre article here
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Tagged book tickets, christmas, christmas market, christmas shopping, christmas theatre, december, drink, eat, festive, ice skating, january, london, london christmas, london theatre, market, musical, pantomime, play, restaurant, seasonal, theatre, visit london, west end, what to do in london
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London theatre’s best winter warmers
Escape the winter chill – or embrace it with seasonal shows like Frozen. Read my full London Theatre article here
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Tagged book tickets, christmas, family theatre, frozen, london, london theatre, musical, play, theatre, ways to stay warm, west end, winter, winter warmer
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A Christmas Carol, Old Vic
Matthew Warchus’s Dickensian charmer is back at the Old Vic for a fifth year. Read my full Telegraph review here
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Tagged a christmas carol, christmas, dickens, drama, jack thorne, london, old vic, play, review, scrooge, stephen mangan, telegraph, theatre
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The West End panto forced to move to Easter – if it can survive
Is Easter the new Christmas? Producer James Seabright certainly hopes so. His Potted Panto, a best-bits of compendium of seven different pantomimes, opened and then closed prematurely in the West End when London was put into Tier 3. So, he’s … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, easter, interview, James Seabright, london, musical, panto, pantomime, potted panto, producer, telegraph, theatre, tier 3, tier 4, west end
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The Nutcracker, Birmingham Royal Ballet online
It’s a tough year for our festive favourite, with the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s (BRB) Nutcrackers all obstructed by the Government’s tier restrictions. But, 2020 style, it’s a pivot to digital for BRB, who live-streamed their production from Birmingham Rep … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, birmingham, birmingham rep, birmingham royal ballet, brb, carlos acosta, children, christmas, dance, digital, family, festive, kids, live stream, online, peter wright, review, streaming, the i paper, the nutcracker
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The theatre where Christmas is saved – thanks to ‘the Morecambe and Wise of Weston-super-Mare’
Christmas has been cancelled for most of Britain’s theatres, thanks to the Government’s tightening of tier restrictions, with venues all having to close if placed into tiers 3 and 4. But amidst the slew of bad news for the West … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty and the beast, bristol, bristol old vic, christmas, comedy, interview, living spit, panto, pantomime, play, telegraph, theatre, tier 2, tom morris
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‘Justin Bieber has been so supportive of the NHS’: the Covid nurse aiming for a Christmas number one
Five years ago, pop star Justin Bieber faced surprising competition in the race for the Christmas number one: a choir formed of doctors, nurses and staff from the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Bieber eventually threw his weight behind their … Continue reading
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Tagged caroline duffy, charity, charts, choir, christmas, covid, holy, interview, Justin Bieber, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, music, nhs, number one, nurse, single, song, telegraph
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How are Britain’s cathedral choirs preparing for a Covid Christmas?
For many, the official sound of Christmas is a cathedral choir in full voice, leading us in traditional music and favourite carols. But it’s been a tough year for choristers, with lockdowns and tier restrictions hampering their work. Three leading … Continue reading
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Tagged canterbury, cathedral, choir, chorister, christmas, covid, interview, lockdown, music, organ, public health england, salisbury, singing, telegraph, tier system, york minster
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