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Private Lives, Zoom
Back in June, Lockdown Theatre raised £35,000 for the Royal Theatrical Fund with A Bit of Waiting for Godot, starring RTF president Robert Lindsay, Michael Palin and Joanna Lumley. Their second outing, on Sunday, was Act I of Noël Coward’s … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, emilia clarke, emma thompson, game of thrones, jonathan church, lockdown theatre, noel coward, play, private lives, review, robert lindsay, sanjeev bhaskar, the i paper, theatre, zoom
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Katherine Ryan interview
I spoke to the comedian about her stand-up, podcast and new Netflix series The Duchess. Read my full The i Paper interview here
Posted in Journalism, TV
Tagged 8 out of 10 cats, bbc, canadian, cardi b, comedian, comedy, daughter, director general, divorce, feminist, interview, katherine ryan, left wing comedy, london, megan thee stallion, mother, netflix, panel show, parent, podcast, single mother, stand-up, telling everybody everything, the duchess, tim davie, wap, writer
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Favourite Olivier Awards Memories and Our 2020 Winners
Sadly, the 2020 Olivier Awards won’t be going ahead as planned due to the coronavirus shutdown, although ITV will broadcast a highlights show. So, BroadwayWorld reviewers have been thinking back to some of our favourite Oliviers winners, nominees and performances … Continue reading
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Tagged a streetcar named desire, a very expensive poison, amelie, and juliet, arthur miller, award, broadcast, cancelled, chimerica, comedy, company, cyrano, dear evan hansen, death of a salesman, evita, follies, gillian anderson, girl from the north country, groundhog day, hamilton, in the heights, itv, james mcavoy, jamie lloyd, king charles iii, lin-manuel miranda, london, merrily we roll along, musical, old vic, olivier awards, oliviers, play, present laughter, stephen sondheim, sunny afternoon, tennessee williams, theatre, tim minchin, tv, uncle vanya, west end, winner, young vic
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Blithe Spirit, Duke of York’s Theatre
This is perhaps an odd time for Nöel Coward’s comedy about death and supernatural apparitions to land in the West End – Richard Eyre’s revival transferring from Theatre Royal Bath. On the other hand, there’s something comforting about Coward’s wartime … Continue reading
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Tagged blithe spirit, book tickets, broadwayworld, comedy, duke of yorks theatre, ghost, jennifer saunders, london, noel coward, play, review, richard eyre, theatre, west end
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Endgame leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry Beckett revival to Tom Stoppard and magical mishaps. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged 2020, alan cumming, ambassadors theatre, antony sher, apartheid, best, book tickets, boulevard theatre, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, circus, comedy, cormac mccarthy, daniel radcliffe, endgame, faustus, gary beadle, harold pinter theatre, harry potter, jane horrocks, january, jasper britton, kunene and the king, leopoldstadt, lexicon, london, lucy kirkwood, lucy prebble, lyric hammersmith, magic goes wrong, maxine peake, mischief theatre, musical, national theatre, new, nofit state circus, old vic, orange tree theatre, penn and teller, play, roundhouse, show, south africa, that damned woman, the sugar syndrome, the sunset limited, the welkin, theatre, ticket deal, toby jones, todaytix, tom stoppard, top 10, uncle vanya, vaudeville theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Cyrano de Bergerac leads December’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry revival to musical comedies and an incendiary Pulitzer winner. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged a kind of people, a taste of honey, almeida theatre, amelie, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, carley stenson, cheap tickets, cold war, comedy, curtains, cyrano, cyrano de bergerac, drama, fairview, hampstead theatre, james mcavoy, janie dee, jason manford, jodie prenger, london, lydia wilson, menier chocolate factory, musical, new, play, playhouse theatre, ravens, royal court, sam wanamaker playhouse, shakespeares globe, shelagh delaney, show, swive elizabeth, the boy friend, the duchess of malfi, the other palace, theatre, ticket deal, todaytix, top 10, trafalgar studios, west end, wyndhams theatre, young vic
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What to See in London This Christmas
Theatre inspiration for the festive season – from panto and musicals to comedy, circus and family shows. Read my full TodayTix article here
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Tagged accommodation, best, book tickets, cheap tickets, children, childrens theatre, christmas, comedy, december, family, family theatre, festive, holiday, london, musical, panto, pantomime, play, theatre, ticket deal, todaytix, top, transport, west end, winter, young audience
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The Man in the White Suit, Wyndham’s Theatre
A hit comedy about a textile scientist? It might sound unlikely, but Ealing Studios’ 1951 sci-fi satire, starring Alec Guinness, was one of the most popular films of the year in Britain. Now, Sean Foley hopes to repeat its success with his … Continue reading
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Tagged 50s, alec guinness, book tickets, brexit, charlie fink, chemistry, comedy, ealing comedy, ealing studios, farce, funny, kara tointon, london, music, noah and the whale, play, review, sci fi, scientist, skiffle, slapstick, songs, stephen mangan, sue johnston, textile, the man in the white suit, theartsdesk, theatre, wyndhams theatre
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Noises Off, Garrick Theatre
“Doors and sardines. Getting on, getting off. Getting the sardines on, getting the sardines off. That’s farce. That’s the theatre. That’s life.” Michael Frayn’s laugh-til-you-weep backstage comedy transfers from the Lyric Hammersmith (where it first appeared in 1982), and Jeremy Herrin’s superb revival has … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, backstage, bedroom farce, book tickets, comedy, daniel rigby, director, farce, funny, garrick theatre, humour, jeremy herrin, lisa mcgrillis, lloyd owen, lyric hammersmith, meera syal, michael frayn, noises off, play, play within a play, review, sarah hadland, theartsdesk, theatre, west end
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