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Summer Shorts and ENB classes
Marquee TV’s Summer Shorts festival has plenty of dance goodies, including Marianela Nunez dancing to Nina Simone, while English National Ballet offers online workshops for keen teens. Read my The i Paper picks here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballet, class, contemporary dance, dance, dancing, digital, enb, enb at home, english national ballet, festival, free, learn, marianela nunez, marquee tv, nina simon, online, screen.dance, short film, summer shorts, teenagers, the i paper, west end, workshop, yoga, youth dance courses
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Get your dance fix at home
From streamed dance performances to classes and classic film escapism. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged all that jazz, class, classes, dance, dancing, dirty dancing, film, free, home, instagram, learn, marquee tv, movie, new adventures, performance, production, Rosie Kay Dance Company, royal opera house, show, singin in the rain, streamed, streaming, strictly, strictly come dancing, tamara rojo, the band wagon, tv, video, watch
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New Year, New Dances
From circus and boxing crossover to retro with a twist and the ultimate diva moves: new dance styles to try this year. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism
Tagged 2020, aerial, ballet, bollywood, boss, boxing, Caramelo Latin Dance, circus, class, dance, danceworks, dancing, diva, hula, islandsoul, kizomba, learn to dance, london, new, new year, pineapple dance studios, school, shway, sos, The Dance Studio Leeds, the factory, uk
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‘I’m fighting for gay rights through same-sex ballroom dancing’
The 2020 New Year Honours list included a landmark entry: the first honour for services to same-sex ballroom dancing. Pioneering dancer, DJ, event organiser and campaigner Jacky Logan now has a Medal of the Order of the British Empire – though … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, class, competition, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, equal rights, fitsteps, gay, gay games, giovanni pernice, h, ian watkins, jacky logan, johannes radebe, latin, learn to dance, lesbian, lgbtqi, matt evers, new years honours list, pink jukebox, rivoli ballroom, same sex ballroom, same sex dancing, steps, strictly, strictly come dancing
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The Doctor, Almeida Theatre
Robert Icke, an associate director at the Almeida for the past six years, bids farewell in typically bold and epic fashion with his latest contemporary update. Arthur Schnitzler’s Professor Bernhardi, which premiered in 1912, has been skilfully reconfigured as an interrogation of … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abortion, almeida theatre, alzheimers, antisemitism, book tickets, broadwayworld, christian, class, dementia, faith, gender, identity, identity politics, jewish, juliet stevenson, london, medicine, paul higgins, play, race, religion, review, robert icke, social media, surgeon, the doctor, theatre
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Once on This Island, Southwark Playhouse
As British summer really kicks in (umbrellas at the ready), our thoughts might turn fondly to the sunny Caribbean. Good timing, then, for the return of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 musical set in the French Antilles. Based on Rosa Guy’s … Continue reading
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Tagged antilles, british theatre academy, calypso, caribbean, class, colonialism, lee proud, london, love, musical, once on this island, race, review, romance, southwark playhouse, the little mermaid, theartsdesk
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London’s Top 10 family-friendly theatres
Continuing our London Theatre Guides series, we’re celebrating half-term by highlighting some of the capital’s most welcome and exciting venues for younger audiences. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged activity, art, baby, backstage, best, birthday party, broadwayworld, cafe, child, children, class, dancing, education, family, family friendly, film, free, fun, garden, half term, holiday, kids, london, music, musical, national theatre, orchestra, parent, play, playground, puppet, puppetry, school, show, singing, song, theatre, theatre guide, toddler, top 10, tour, toys, workshop, young, young audience, youth theatre
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The Humans, Hampstead Theatre
Transatlantic theatrical traffic is busier than ever, and now here at the Hampstead is not just Stephen Karam’s Tony-winning play, first seen in 2015, but director Joe Mantello and his full Broadway cast. It seems fitting that they should travel together, since Karam’s work … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, class, drama, family, hampstead theatre, jayne houdyshell, london, money, new york, play, reed birney, review, sarah steele, stephen karam, the humans, theartsdesk, theatre, tony award
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Julie, National Theatre
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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Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, carrie cracknell, cheap tickets, class, drama, julie, london, miss julie, national theatre, play, polly stenham, race, review, rich, romance, sex, strindberg, theatre, ticket deal, vanessa kirby, visit london
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