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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Now streaming online, this YA play is oddly pertinent. Head to Instagram for a 2018 production with plenty of 2020 shutdown wisdom. Read my full theartsdesk review here
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Tagged coronavirus, drama, edward hall, free, game of thrones, hampstead theatre, home schooling, i and you, IGTV, instagram, lauren gunderson, maisie williams, online, play, poem, poetry, review, shutdown, streaming, teenager, theartsdesk, theatre, walt whitman, YA, young adult, Zach Wyatt
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The Starry Messenger leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
From timely plays to the beginning of open-air theatre season. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged amour, andrea levy, ben forster, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, cadogan hall, charing cross theatre, cheap tickets, death of a salesman, drama, duke of yorks theatre, edward hall, elizabeth mcgovern, giles terera, hampstead theatre, hayley atwell, henry iv, jude, main men of musicals, matthew broderick, may, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, new, open air theatre, orpheus descending, our town, play, regents park, rosmersholm, sale, save, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, sharon d clarke, small island, tennessee williams, the starry messenger, theatre, ticket deal, tom burke, top 10, wendell pierce, west end, windrush, wyndhams theatre, young vic
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Cost of Living, Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead hosts the UK premiere of Polish-American playwright Martyna Majok’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning work, which explores – with thoughtful tenderness and a refreshing lack of schmaltz – the relationships between two people with disabilities and their carers. Read my full BroadwayWorld review … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian lester, book tickets, broadwayworld, care, carer, cost of living, disability, disabled, edward hall, hampstead theatre, london, marriage, martyna majok, play, pulitzer, review, theatre
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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Maisie Williams (AKA Arya Stark in Game of Thrones) and Zach Wyatt make superb stage debuts in Edward Hall’s production of American playwright Lauren Gunderson’s work. Caroline, trapped at home due to an unspecified genetic illness, is surprised by schoolmate … Continue reading
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Tagged arya stark, drama, edward hall, game of thrones, ham and high, hampstead theatre, i and you, lauren gunderson, london, maisie williams, play, poet, poetry, review, sick, teenager, theatre, transplant, walt whitman, Zach Wyatt
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Cell Mates, Hampstead Theatre
Offstage drama infamously hijacked the 1995 premiere of Simon Gray’s play, with star Stephen Fry walking out mid-run – hastening the production’s early closing. Here, then, is a chance to put the focus back on the work itself in Edward … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, cell mates, edward hall, escape, george blake, hampstead theatre, london, moscow, prison, review, russia, sean bourke, simon gray, soviet union, spy, stephen fry, wormwood scrubs
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Rabbit Hole, Hampstead Theatre
The death of a child is an unnatural loss. There’s no reassurance that the departed lived a full life, rather the jagged edge of one cut short. In the case of Becca and Howie, it’s also nonsensical: their perfectly healthy … Continue reading
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Tagged america, bereavement, child, christian, claire skinner, david lindsay-abaire, death, drama, edward hall, faith, good people, grief, hampstead theatre, london, loss, marriage, oscar, parent, play, pulitzer, rabbit hole, religion, review, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tom goodman-hill, tony award
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Swinging Sixties
If you didn’t know the Kinks hailed from Muswell Hill, you certainly will by the end of the Hampstead Theatre’s first musical, which basks in the glory of the local boys made good. It’s also an apt venue in which … Continue reading
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Tagged 1966, band, beatles, biopic, edward hall, hampstead, hampstead theatre, jersey boys, joe penhall, jukebox, london, macmillan, music, musical, muswell hill, north london, play, pop, ray davies, review, rock, rolling stones, sixties, sunny afternoon, the kinks, theatre, world cup, x factor, you really got me
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