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Julie, National Theatre

Posted on June 8, 2018 by mkmswain

Polly Stenham’s updating of Strindberg’s Miss Julie moves the action to contemporary London, and finds both contempt and sympathy for this new version of the idle rich. But, shorn of its 19th-century context, the play struggles to make the class transgression feel … Continue reading →

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BWW Interview: Adrian Lester

Posted on March 13, 2018 by mkmswain

The actor discusses his role in Mike Bartlett’s TV drama Trauma. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged actor, adrian lester, britbox, broadwayworld, child, class, death, doctor, drama, film, interview, itv, john simm, josie rourke, justice, mary queen of scots, medical, Mike Bartlett, money, nhs, old vic, one voice, parent, surgeon, thriller, trauma, tv, vengeance | Leave a comment

The future is female

Posted on November 5, 2017 by mkmswain

Leading dancers and choreographers Kate Prince, Kloé Dean and Emma Houston discusses women in hip hop. Read my full Dancing Times article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism | Tagged break dancing, breaking, choreographer, class, dance, dancer, dancing, emma houston, equality, female, gender, girls, hip hop, interview, kate prince, khloe dean, lesson, music video, sadlers wells, some like it hip hop, teacher, women, zoonation | Leave a comment

Young Marx, Bridge Theatre

Posted on October 29, 2017 by mkmswain

Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr’s enterprise is certainly an historic one: The Bridge is London’s first new wholly commercial theatre in 80 years. If its opening play isn’t the same landmark work, it’s nevertheless an auspicious start to a promising … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bridge theatre, broadwayworld, children, class, clive coleman, comedy, communist, engels, family, farce, german, london, marriage, marx, nicholas hytner, nick starr, oliver chris, play, politician, politics, refugee, review, revolution, richard bean, rory kinnear, sex, socialism, soho, the bridge, theatre, victorian, visit london, young marx | Leave a comment

Stepping Out, Vaudeville Theatre

Posted on March 15, 2017 by mkmswain

Never mind Stepping Out – the real wonder of this production is Anna-Jane Casey stepping in for the injured Tamzin Outhwaite at such short notice. It’s a plot twist worthy of the backstage shenanigans in Richard Harris’s genial 1984 play … Continue reading →

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Talking tap on Mark Forrest’s show

Posted on February 12, 2017 by mkmswain

I joined Mark Forrest on his BBC radio show to talk La La Land and the tap revival. Click here to listen to the interview (I’m on at about 2hr 42min)

Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 42nd Street, an american in paris, bbc, class, dance, dancing, emma stone, interview, la la land, learn, mark forrest, musical, on the town, radio, ryan gosling, stepping out, tap, tap dance, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

Reasons to Be Happy, Hampstead Theatre

Posted on March 25, 2016 by mkmswain

Sequel-itis has spread to the stage. There’s no caped crusader, but the troubled quartet of Neil LaBute’s latest will be familiar to anyone who caught Reasons to be Pretty at the Almeida in 2011 – as will Soutra Gilmour’s industrial crate … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged america, class, drama, hampstead theatre, london, love, michael attenborough, neil labute, play, reasons to be happy, reasons to be pretty, relationships, review, sequel, sex, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tom burke | Leave a comment

Stylish, witty and lurid tale

Posted on March 4, 2016 by mkmswain

In 1933, French society was rocked by Christine and Léa Papin’s brutal murder of their employer. The incident loosely inspired Jean Genet’s 1947 play, which uses that power struggle to starkly challenge identity constructs. Jamie Lloyd’s suitably unflinching revival benefits … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged andrew upton, class, drama, gender, ham and high, jamie lloyd, jean genet, laura carmichael, london, maid, murder, play, review, servant, sister, the maids, theatre, trafalgar studios, uzo aduba, west end, zawe ashton | Leave a comment

The Maids, Trafalgar Studios

Posted on February 29, 2016 by mkmswain

“Murder is hilarious,” quips Zawe Ashton’s scheming maid, and in Jamie Lloyd’s high-octane, queasily comic revival of Jean Genet’s radical 1947 play, it really is. It’s also lurid, strange, bleak and powerfully transcendent, as befits a piece that locates hunger … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged class, crime, downton abbey, drama, existentialist, gender, jamie lloyd, jean genet, laura carmichael, london, maid, murder, play, race, review, sex, sisters, the arts desk, the maids, theartsdesk, theatre, trafalgar studios, uzo aduba, west end | Leave a comment

Stepping Out

Posted on February 11, 2016 by mkmswain

From historical Argentina to today’s international festivals: the development of queer tango. Read my full Dancing Times article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism | Tagged argentina, book, class, dance, dancing, dancing times, festival, gay, history, learn, magazine, milonga, queer tango, read, same sex dance, south america, tango | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: class

Julie, National Theatre

BWW Interview: Adrian Lester

The future is female

Young Marx, Bridge Theatre

Stepping Out, Vaudeville Theatre

Talking tap on Mark Forrest’s show

Reasons to Be Happy, Hampstead Theatre

Stylish, witty and lurid tale

The Maids, Trafalgar Studios

Stepping Out

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