Tag Archives: eddie redmayne

Movers and Shakers

Posted on July 30, 2017 by mkmswain

Three leading practitioners discuss the thriving field of movement direction. Read my full Dancing Times article here

Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alexandra reynolds, brad pitt, dance, dancing, drama, eddie redmayne, fantastic beasts and where to find them, fatherland, film, frantic assembly, headlong, hollywood, movement, movement direction, movement director, movie, national theatre, people places and things, play, polly bennett, rsc, salome, scott graham, stage, stephen hoggett, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, the danish girl, the mummy, the theory of everything, theatre, tom cruise, world war z | Leave a comment

Casa Valentina, Southwark Playhouse

Posted on September 20, 2015 by mkmswain

The “femmepersonators” of Harvey Fierstein’s 1962-set drama would be flabbergasted by today’s level of trans visibility, from Grayson Perry and Caitlyn Jenner to Transparent and Eddie Redmayne’s new film The Danish Girl. Yet it’s the still pertinent issue of private … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 1960s, activitist, america, caitlyn jenner, camp, casa valentina, catskills, cross dressing, eddie redmayne, female, gay, gender, grayson perry, Harvey Fierstein, homosexual, kinky boots, male, margaret thatcher, mccarthy, minority, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Rita Hayworth, sex, sixties, southwark playhouse, the danish girl, trans, transgender, transparent, transvestite, visibility | 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

Compelling tale from the underrepresented

Posted on August 1, 2014 by mkmswain

The life of transwoman Lili Elbe, the first known person to undergo full surgical reassignment, will soon receive the Hollywood touch in Tom Hooper’s new movie The Danish Girl. But the Camden Fringe has beaten him to it with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged art, artist, camden fringe, doctor who, drama, eddie redmayne, etcetera theatre, film, hollywood, les miserables, lili elbe, movie, north london, play, review, sex change, Steven Moffat, the danish girl, theatre, tom hooper, trans, transgender, transwoman | Leave a comment

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