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Heather Agyepong on finding her dream role in School Girls
The actress in Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play shares how the show celebrates dark-skinned Black women while having universal themes. Read my full London Theatre interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged africa, beauty, beauty standards, book tickets, colourism, comedy, ghana, Heather Agyepong, idris elba, interview, london, london theatre, lyric hammersmith, mean girls, play, race, school girls, school girls or the African Mean Girls Play, the power, theatre
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Globe
Closer to a hallucinatory nightmare than a romantic romp. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a midsummer nights dream, comedy, drama, globe theatre, london, michelle terry, play, review, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, telegraph, theatre
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Operation Mincemeat, Fortune Theatre
This gem of a musical is a rip-roaring British success story. Read my full London Theatre review here
Eavesdropping, power-games and sexual drama? This novel was written for HBO
Big Swiss, Jen Beagin’s third novel, features deceit, passion and cruel humour, and it’ll be right up Jodie Comer’s street. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged big swiss, book, comedy, drama, hbo, hudson, jen beagin, jodie comer, lesbian, new york, novel, review, satire, sex, therapy, trauma, tv
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Book tickets to summer shows in the West End
From Groundhog Day and The Wizard of Oz to – yes – The Spongebob Musical. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a strange loop, aspects of love, book tickets, brokeback mountain, comedy, family, family shows, grease, groundhog day, kids, london, london theatre, michael ball, musical, open air theatre, play, regents park, school holiday, summer, summer holiday, the spongebob musical, the wizard of oz, theatre, west end
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Private Lives, Donmar Warehouse
This darker take on Noël Coward’s warring exes is fascinating but flawed. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged comedy, donmar warehouse, laura carmichael, london, london theatre, marriage, noel coward, play, rachael stirling, review, stephen mangan, theatre
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The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’s final series gives us the answers we need – but will sharply divide fans
The period comedy-drama’s last hurrah is generally enjoyable even if the jarring choice to introduce time-jumps somewhat ruins its escapism. Read my full Telegraph review here
West End shows to see for Mother’s Day
From Bake Off and Dirty Dancing to – yes – Mamma Mia!. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abba, bake off, comedy, dirty dancing, jersey boys, london, london theatre, mamma mia, matilda, mother, mothers day, mum, musical, Oklahoma, play, the great british bake off musical, the play that goes wrong, theatre, west end
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Shirley Valentine, Duke of York’s Theatre
Sheridan Smith casts a spell in Willy Russell’s endearing, if dated, one-woman play. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, comedy, drama, duke of yorks theatre, greece, liverpool, london, london theatre, matthew dunster, play, review, sheridan smith, shirley valentine, theatre, west end, willy russell
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