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Girls & Boys, Royal Court
“It just seems to be a thing that we do, this incomprehensible violence thing.” So says the narrator of Dennis Kelly’s new one-woman play, performed in a staggering tour-de-force from Carey Mulligan. She’s been reflecting on an American mass shooting … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, carey mulligan, child, dennis kelly, drama, female, girls and boys, london, love, lyndsey turner, male, marriage, mass shooting, metoo, mother, new writing, parent, play, review, royal court, sexism, theatre, toxic masculinity, violence
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Pinocchio, National Theatre
The puppet who wants to be a real boy is all grown up in this new musical version – very much the darker side of Disney. Book writer Dennis Kelly went back to the original 19th-century Italian tale, by Collodi, and tonally, … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, children, christmas, dennis kelly, disney, family, kids, london, martin lowe, musical, national theatre, pinocchio, puppet, review, theatre
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Breeders, St James Theatre
There is a moment in Breeders when Ben Ockrent appears to be channelling Dennis Kelly’s chilling Utopia. Never mind the topical issue of homosexual parenting – should we even have children at all? Surely, argues Jemima Rooper’s eco-warrior Sharon, we would … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Griffin, baby, ben ockrent, breeders, children, conception, dennis kelly, drama, family, father, gay, homosexual, Jemima Rooper, kids, lesbian, london, mother, music, parent, parenthood, parenting, play, pregnancy, review, singing, song, st james theatre, sweden, swedish, tamara harvey, Tamzin Outhwaite, the arts desk, tv, utopia, vicky graham
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