Tag Archives: doctor who

Lungs, Old Vic

Posted on October 22, 2019 by mkmswain

With Extinction Rebellion looming large in the capital, it’s canny programming to revive Duncan Macmillan’s 2011 play about a couple debating the merits of having a child – including fears about how introducing another person might impact the planet. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged baby, book tickets, broadwayworld, children, claire foy, climate change, doctor who, duncan macmillan, extinction rebellion, global warming, london, lungs, matt smith, matthew warchus, old vic, parent, play, review, the crown, theatre | Leave a comment

The Antipodes leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on September 24, 2019 by mkmswain

From Annie Baker to Ealing comedy and a royal reunion. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a day in the death of joe egg, almeida theatre, annie baker, arthur darvill, best, blank, book tickets, boulevard theatre, broadwayworld, charlie fink, claire foy, claire skinner, clean break, comedy, conleth hill, dave malloy, death of a salesman, doctor who, donmar warehouse, drama, ealing comedy, farce, garrick theatre, ghost quartet, groan ups, kara tointon, london, lungs, matt smith, meera syal, michael frayn, Mike Bartlett, mischief theatre, musical, national theatre, noises off, october, old vic, piccadilly theatre, play, samantha bond, sarah hadland, sharon d clark, stephen mangan, the antipodes, the crown, the man in the white suit, theatre, toby stephens, top 10, trafalgar studios, vassa, vaudeville theatre, visit london, wendell pierce, west end, wyndhams theatre | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Fenella Woolgar

Posted on October 27, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress discusses The Slaves of Solitude, the stage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s novel, at Hampstead Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged 1940s, actress, adaptation, agatha christie, boarding house, bombing, book, broadwayworld, clive francis, doctor who, drama, fenella woolgar, film, forties, hampstead theatre, handbagged, harlots, henley, home fires, interview, introverted, jonathan kent, london, love, margaret thatcher, miss roach, mr thwaites, Nicholas Wright, novel, patrick hamilton, period drama, play, radio, romance, second world war, soldier, the blitz, the slaves of solitude, theatre, tv, vera drake, visit london, war, ww2 | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Freema Agyeman

Posted on July 20, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress talks Doctor Who, Sense8 and making her West End debut in Apologia. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged activist, actress, alexi kaye campbell, apologia, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, child, discount, diversity, doctor who, female, feminism, feminist, freema agyeman, gay, interview, jamie lloyd, jodie whittaker, laura carmichael, lesbian, lgbtq, liberal, london, mother, netflix, parent, politics, radical, sci fi, sense8, sexuality, son, stage, stockard channing, the doctor, theatre, ticket deal, torchwood, transgender, tv, wachowski, west end | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Vicky McClure

Posted on February 13, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress talks This Is England, Line of Duty and making her professional stage debut in Touched at Nottingham Playhouse. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged actress, broadwayworld, doctor who, interview, james bond, line of duty, nottingham playhouse, shane meadows, stage, the doctor, theatre, this is england, touched, tv, vicky mcclure, world war two | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Ian Hallard

Posted on September 27, 2016 by mkmswain

The actor discusses working with husband Mark Gatiss on the revival of The Boys in the Band at Park Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, doctor who, gay, ian hallard, interview, lgbt, london, Mark Gatiss, park theatre, poirot, sherlock, switchboard, the boys in the band, theatre, tour | Leave a comment

Starry alumni, sharp satire and hope for the future in National Youth Theatre’s 60th celebrations

Posted on September 19, 2016 by mkmswain

Sixty years young, last night the National Youth Theatre celebrated its storied past, buoyant present and – with a heartfelt plea for more financial support – essential future in a star-studded diamond gala at Shaftesbury Theatre. Those NYT participants who … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 60th, arts council, bake off, barry rutter, bbc, britain, broadwayworld, conservative, daniel craig, diamond, doctor who, education, gala, gina mckee, grammar school, great british bake, helen mirren, hugh bonneville ian fletcher, james bond, james graham, jessica hynes, krishnan guru-murthy, matt lucas, matt smith, michael gove, national youth theatre, nichola mcauliffe, paul rosebey, shaftesbury theatre, shakespeare, siobhan sharpe, story of our youth, timothy dalton, tory, west end, youth | Leave a comment

Take Five! Spend your tea break with Zoe Wanamaker

Posted on April 28, 2016 by mkmswain

As Elegy opens at Donmar Warehouse, here are five of Zoe Wanamaker’s indelible performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged agatha christie, all my sons, ariadne oliver, arthur miller, beatrice, benedick, broadwayworld, chekhov, doctor who, donmar warehouse, drama, elegy, film, harry potter, josie rourke, much ado about nothing, national theatre, nick payne, poirot, prime suspect, rsc, simon russell beale, stage, the cherry orchard, theatre, tv, zoe wanamaker | Leave a comment

10 Questions For Actress Pippa Bennett-Warner

Posted on May 18, 2015 by mkmswain

At just 26, Pippa Bennett-Warner has already achieved many actors’ goals, from treading the boards at the National and having a part written specially for her to sharing scenes with luminaries like Derek Jacobi and Eddie Redmayne. She debuted aged … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged abi morgan, acting, actor, actress, black, colour blind casting, comedy, corset, costume drama, derek jacobi, diversity, doctor who, drama, eddie redmayne, farquhar, female, feminism, hamlet, interview, king lear, london, love, michael grandage, national theatre, olivier, part, patrick marber, period, pippa bennett-warner, play, race, rada, restoration comedy, richard ii, river, role, romance, royal court, samuel barnett, school, shakespeare, south bank, susannah fielding, the beaux stratagem, the lion king, theatre, tis pity shes a whore, tv, women | Leave a comment

Strictly Speaking: Week 3

Posted on October 13, 2014 by mkmswain

I wouldn’t want to imply that the producers of Strictly have some kind of substance-abuse problem and/or are suffering a collective nervous breakdown. It’s just difficult to find another explanation for the acid-trip train wreck that was Movie Week. Or, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, TV | Tagged ballroom, bbc, beauty and the beast, blue, cabaret, cinema, competition, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, dancing with the stars, disney, doctor who, donny osmond, eastenders, film, footloose, fosse, frank sinatra, fred astaire, funny girl, gene kelly, ginger rogers, jennifer gibney, jerome robbins, judge, latin, little mermaid, mamma mia, mary poppins, moon river, movie, movie week, mrs browns boys, on the town, scd, simon cowell, simon webbe, strictly, strictly come dancing, superman, swing time, the doctor, the godfather, the hoff, the jungle book, top gun, tv, west side story | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: doctor who

Lungs, Old Vic

The Antipodes leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

BWW Interview: Fenella Woolgar

BWW Interview: Freema Agyeman

BWW Interview: Vicky McClure

BWW Interview: Ian Hallard

Starry alumni, sharp satire and hope for the future in National Youth Theatre’s 60th celebrations

Take Five! Spend your tea break with Zoe Wanamaker

10 Questions For Actress Pippa Bennett-Warner

Strictly Speaking: Week 3

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