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Anatomy of a Suicide, Royal Court
“My mother says you’re tragedy personified,” reports a precocious child to Carol, who recently attempted suicide. It’s typical of Alice Birch’s harrowing new play, which wrings blistering humour as well as despair from its accomplished portrait of women in pain … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alice birch, anatomy of a suicide, broadwayworld, depression, hattie morahan, kate o'flynn, katie mitchell, london, mother, review, royal court, suicide, theatre
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Annie, Piccadilly Theatre
Has there ever been a time when we’re more in need of irrepressible optimism? The orphan who convinces everyone around her that “the sun will come out tomorrow” has certainly hit the West End at an opportune moment, and there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged america, annie, broadwayworld, children, daddy warbucks, depression, family, hard knock life, kids, london, madeleine haynes, miranda hart, miss hannigan, musical, new deal, new york, nikolai foster, orphan, piccadilly theatre, review, theatre, tomorrow, west end
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Russian phantoms, American identity and S-Town
On my April MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Russian phantoms The Design Museum resurrects utopian Soviet architecture Don’t miss: American abyss From Edward Hopper to Grant Wood: 1930s Americana at the Royal Academy Commuter corner Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream and new podcast … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism
Tagged 1930s, america, america after the fall, april, architecture, art, book, building, commute, commuter, depression, design museum, edward hopper, exhibition, fever dream, gallery, grant wood, imagine moscow, london, moveto, moveto town and country magazine, novel, painting, pick of the month, podcast, read, royal academy, russian, russian revolution, s-town, soviet
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The Mother, Tricycle Theatre
Anne longs for 23-year-old son Nicholas to return home. One night, he appears. Or does he? Welcome back to the queasily elliptical world of Florian Zeller, where certainty fractures as familiar elements are repeated, dissected, made strange and menacing. Zeller … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, child, christopher hampton, depression, drama, empty nest, father, florian zeller, gina mckee, london, mental illness, mother, mum, parent, pinter, play, review, son, the arts desk, the father, the mother, theartsdesk, theatre, theatre royal bath, tricycle theatre
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Farinelli and the King, Duke of York’s Theatre
Make opera, not war. So urges composer-turned-playwright Claire van Kampen’s featherweight historical star vehicle, elevated by husband Mark Rylance – in a tailored role showcasing his beguiling idiosyncrasies – and John Dove’s sumptuous production. Read my full Ham & High review … Continue reading
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Tagged aria, bipolar, castrato, claire van kampen, composer, counter-tenor, cure, depression, drama, duke of york's, faith, farinelli and the king, globe, ham and high, historical, history, Iestyn Davies, king, mad, madness, mark rylance, medicine, monarch, music, music therapy, opera, Philippe V, play, review, royal, sick, sing, singing, spain, the father, theatre, war, west end
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Life after death
Sonali Deraniyagala’s Wave is not an easy read. I’ll say that again (it definitely bears repeating): Sonali Deraniyagala’s Wave is not an easy read. It is, however, an important one. An exceptional one. And a profoundly moving one. We often … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, book, children, death, depression, family, grief, leonard cohen, life, london, loss, memoir, novel, read, review, sonali deraniyagala, sri lanka, sylvia plath, the bell jar, therapy, tsunami, wave, writing
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