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BWW Interview: Leon Lopez
Leon Lopez has had an unusual career trajectory, from pop group A:M and TV soaps like Brookside and EastEnders to musical theatre (including Rent and We Will Rock You) and directing independent films. He’s currently working with the RSC, celebrating … Continue reading
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Tagged aphra behn, bame, black, blanche mcintyre, broadwayworld, brookside, classical, diversity, eastenders, film, fletcher, gay, hermione, interview, jk rowling, leon lopez, liverpool, mixed race, music, musical, Noma Dumezweni, royal shakespeare company, rsc, shakespeare, singer, stratford, swan theatre, the rover, the two noble kinsmen
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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
Bitter experience has obliterated all possible hope for Strictly’s annual fright fest – best watched several dozen drinks in, when the more disturbing details begin to blur round the edges – but this was an abysmal show even by Halloween … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, celebrity, charleston, costume, dance, dance off, dancing, danny dyer, dressing up, eastenders, eliminated, georgia may foote, ghost, ghostbusters, halloween, jamelia, jeremy vine, jive, kirsty gallacher, latin, rocky horror picture show, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, the addams family, thriller
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Warde Street, Park Theatre
The advantage of basing drama on real events, particularly emotive ones like the 2005 London bombings, is that they have inbuilt resonance; the disadvantage, all too apparent in 2013 play Warde Street, is that it can be challenging to articulate a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, 7/7, albion, alecky blythe, attack, bombing, bus, drama, eastenders, killing, london, malcolm tucker, manchester, murder, muslim, park theatre, play, politician, politics, review, shooting, terrorist, the arts desk, the thick of it, the vertical hour, theatre, trial, tube, warde street, widower
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Strictly Speaking
It’s been a turbulent summer. Warring nations. Deadly disease. Ferocious independence debates. And, of course, a luxuriously bearded baking hipster getting a bit cross with someone from the WI. But fear not, morose nation! Strictly is back, and we can all … Continue reading
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Wild wild west
Is forced abduction really a suitable subject for rollicking musical theatre? That’s the difficult needle Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has to thread, and its combination of jaunty ditties, zany antics and sensational dance numbers very nearly distracts from the darkness at … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, brigadoon, broadway, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, eastenders, film, helena blackman, how do you solve a problem like maria, jerome robbins, london, mgm, michael kidd, movie, musical, orgeon, oscar, patti colombo, play, plutarch, rape, review, richmond, richmond theatre, sabine women, sam attwater, seven brides for seven brothers, sing, soap opera, song, the full monty, theatre, tour, west end, west side story
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