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The Importance of Being Earnest, Vaudeville Theatre

Posted on August 3, 2018 by mkmswain

Classic Spring’s year-long season ends with Wilde gone wild: a free love riot that yanks the queer subtext into text, with everyone from masters and servants to, er, the long-lost brothers sharing snogs and cigarettes. The famous passive aggressive tea … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged august, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, comedy, discount, downton abbey, jeremy swift, london, oscar wilde, play, review, sale, save, sophie thompson, summer, the importance of being earnest, theatre, ticket deal, vaudeville theatre, visit london, west end | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Jeremy Swift talks The Importance of Being Earnest

Posted on August 2, 2018 by mkmswain

The actor discusses appearing in the Wilde classic, plus Downton Abbey and the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actor, august, book tickets, broadwayworld, chasuble, cheap tickets, comedy, discount, downton abbey, interview, jeremy swift, london, maggie smith, mary poppins returns, oscar wilde, play, sale, save, septimus spratt, sophie thompson, summer, the importance of being earnest, theatre, ticket deal, vaudeville theatre, visit london, west end | Leave a comment

Half a Sixpence, Noel Coward Theatre

Posted on November 18, 2016 by mkmswain

This Sixties Tommy Steele vehicle is joyfully reborn in another Chichester Festival Theatre musical triumph, now comfortably ensconced in the West End. The unstoppable George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have seamlessly renewed and added to David Heneker’s original score, and Julian … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged andrew wright, broadwayworld, charlie stemp, downton abbey, flash bang wallop, half a sixpence, hg wells, julian fellowes, noel coward theatre, review, stiles and drewe, west end | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Phyllis Logan

Posted on July 18, 2016 by mkmswain

The actress talks Secrets & Lies, Downton and her current role in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actor, actress, broadwayworld, downton, downton abbey, interview, london, lovejoy, mike leigh, mrs hughes, noel coward, phyllis logan, present laughter, richmond theatre, samuel west, theatre, tour | Leave a comment

Ralph Fiennes’s Richard III Leads June’s Top 10 New London Shows

Posted on May 30, 2016 by mkmswain

From starry Shakespeare and Rattigan productions to big musicals and resonant new plays. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged aladdin, alexi kaye campbell, alfie allen, almeida, apollo theatre, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, disney, downton abbey, drama, edward snowden, elizabeth mcgovern, film, game of thrones, globe, greece, hampstead theatre, helen mccrory, henry v, hobsons choice, hollywood, iqbal khan, jesse eisenberg, june, london, macbeth, martin shaw, michael crawford, Mike Bartlett, movie, musical, national theatre, new, open air theatre, play, prince edward theatre, ralph fiennes, regents park, richard iii, rupert goold, shakespeare, star, sunset at the villa thalia, the deep blue sea, the go between, the spoils, theatre, top 10, trafalgar studios, vaudeville theatre, west end, wild | Leave a comment

The Maids, Trafalgar Studios

Posted on February 29, 2016 by mkmswain

“Murder is hilarious,” quips Zawe Ashton’s scheming maid, and in Jamie Lloyd’s high-octane, queasily comic revival of Jean Genet’s radical 1947 play, it really is. It’s also lurid, strange, bleak and powerfully transcendent, as befits a piece that locates hunger … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged class, crime, downton abbey, drama, existentialist, gender, jamie lloyd, jean genet, laura carmichael, london, maid, murder, play, race, review, sex, sisters, the arts desk, the maids, theartsdesk, theatre, trafalgar studios, uzo aduba, west end | Leave a comment

Pick of the Week

Posted on November 12, 2015 by mkmswain

In a busy week on theartsdesk Maggie Smith hits the big screen, London Jazz Festival, Dawn French, Derren Brown and four-person Ben Hur. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here

Posted in Art, Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged art, ben hur, dawn french, derren brown, downton abbey, film, london, london jazz festival, maggie smith, movie, musical, opera, play, rite of spring, sadlers wells, steve jobs, the arts desk, the lady in the van, theartsdesk, theatre, vermeer, west end | Leave a comment

Listed: The 100 Funniest Things about Downton Abbey

Posted on October 24, 2015 by mkmswain

As the series draws to a close, we list its mostly unintentional hilarity, from the entail and the Turkish corpse to the death-by-political-correctness of Isis the dog. Read the full theartsdesk article here

Posted in Journalism, TV | Tagged 100 funniest things, alien, america, american, anna, aristocracy, bates, blackmail, branson, butler, carson, change, child, children, class, daisy, death, doctor, dog, dowager countess, downstairs, downton, downton abbey, drama, entail, first world war, funniest, funny, his lordship, history, hospital, hugh bonneville, irish, isis, isobel, itv, julian fellowes, lady, lady edith, lady mary, last series, lord, lord grantham, love, maggie smith, maid, matthew, miscarriage, mr pamuk, mrs hughes, murder, period, pigs, review, romance, servant, sex, soap, soap opera, sybil, television, the queen, thomas, titanic, turk, turkish, tv, upstairs, war, ww1 | Leave a comment

Downton Abbey, ITV: Alien vs. Dowager

Posted on October 18, 2015 by mkmswain

It’s been the most heavily signposted illness in drama history. A twinge here. An “Oof” there. Chekhov’s roiling guts. And tonight, His Lordship’s mystery complaint finally took centre stage, in a scene that led one to wonder exactly how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, TV | Tagged alien, blood, downton, downton abbey, film, gothic, horror, hospital, hugh bonneville, illness, itv, john hurt, movie, neville chamberlain, review, shocking, sick, the arts desk, theartsdesk, tv | 1 Comment

Pick of the Week

Posted on September 17, 2015 by mkmswain

This week on theartsdesk, a feast of theatrical openings, from Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen to an epic Jane Eyre, plus Ai Weiwei, Courtney Pine, and a TV costume drama battle royale. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here

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Tag Archives: downton abbey

The Importance of Being Earnest, Vaudeville Theatre

BWW Interview: Jeremy Swift talks The Importance of Being Earnest

Half a Sixpence, Noel Coward Theatre

BWW Interview: Phyllis Logan

Ralph Fiennes’s Richard III Leads June’s Top 10 New London Shows

The Maids, Trafalgar Studios

Pick of the Week

Listed: The 100 Funniest Things about Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey, ITV: Alien vs. Dowager

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