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Tag Archives: eighties
BWW Interview: Amy Ellen Richardson
The actresses discusses her role in the Adrian Mole musical, now transferring to the West End. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adrian mole, ambassadors theatre, amy ellen richardson, book, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, children, eighties, family, interview, kids, leicester, london, marriage, mother, mum, musical, pauline, sale, save, sue townsend, the secret diary of adrian mole, ticket deal, visit london, west end, wife, young audience
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BWW Interview: Emma Williams
The actress discusses her role in the new musical version of An Officer and a Gentleman. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, adaptation, an officer and a gentleman, book tickets, broadwayworld, curve, eighties, emma williams, film, interview, jonny fines, leicester, love, movie, music, musical, nikolai foster, paula, richard gere, romance, singing, song, theatre, tour, uk tour
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Road, Royal Court
Thirty years on from its birth at the Royal Court, Jim Cartwright’s northern, working-class battle cry returns in a revival from John Tiffany which, though initially stodgy, has an accumulative and undeniable force. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged broadwayworld, eighties, faye marsay, game of thrones, jim cartwright, john tiffany, lemn sissay, michelle fairley, north, poverty, review, road, royal court
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Angels in America, National Theatre
Tony Kushner’s landmark two-part play begins at a funeral, with a rabbi solemnly naming a woman’s surviving relatives; partway through the interminable list of grandchildren, he stops and sighs. It’s a witty opener for a piece that’s epic in every … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged aids, andrew garfield, angels in america, broadwayworld, denise gough, donald trump, eighties, gay, homosexual, london, marianne elliott, nathan lane, national theatre, reagan, review, russell tovey, theatre, tony kushner
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Stepping Out, Vaudeville Theatre
Never mind Stepping Out – the real wonder of this production is Anna-Jane Casey stepping in for the injured Tamzin Outhwaite at such short notice. It’s a plot twist worthy of the backstage shenanigans in Richard Harris’s genial 1984 play … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged amanda holden, anna-jane casey, broadwayworld, class, comedy, dance, dancing, eighties, london, maria friedman, play, review, richard harris, stepping out, strictly, strictly come dancing, tap, theatre, tracy-ann oberman, vaudeville theatre, west end
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Xanadu, Southwark Playhouse
It trashed Olivia Newton-John’s film career, halted the movie-musical revival, and was so critically reviled it led to the creation of the Razzies. How, then, could the stage version of hubristic 1980 flop Xanadu become a 2007 Broadway hit? The answer, … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1980s, 80s, america, ancient greece, andrew lloyd webber, andrews sisters, art, artist, australian, broadway, california, calliope, camp, christmas, clio, comedy, dancing, disco, drama, eighties, elo, evil woman, festive, film, gene kelly, greek, jazz, jeff lynne, leg warmers, london, mount olympus, movie, muse, musical, Nathan M Wright, olivia newton-john, pastiche, physical, play, pop, review, rock, roller skate, rolling skating, satire, singing, skating, southwark playhouse, swing, tap, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, venice beach, vogue, xanadu, zeus
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Dead Sheep, Park Theatre
While seven-way debate rages, broadcaster and debuting playwright Jonathan Maitland takes us back 25 years to a radically different political landscape: a time of regents, and of regicide. It’s 1990 – Thatcher the leader claiming divine right to rule, Geoffrey … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1980s, alan clark, bertie carvel, budget, cabinet, comedy, conservative, debate, denis healey, drama, economy, eighties, election, elspeth howe, europe, eurosceptic, feminism, foreign secretary, geoffrey howe, house of commons, iron lady, john major, jonathan maitland, lady macbeth, leader, london, loyalty, macbeth, margaret thatcher, marriage, matilda, minister, north london, park theatre, parliament, paxman, play, politician, politics, prime minister, puppet, resignation, review, satire, sketch, spitting image, steve nallon, thatcher, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tory, trunchbull
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Hidden treasures, war poets and Dracula
In my Compass magazine Arts pages this month: Discover hidden treasures with Heritage Open Days New play explores Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon’s lives and work Fist pump to ’80s-tastic Rock of Ages Scary Little Girls’ blood-curdling Dracula Revered printmaker Colin See-Paynton shares his nocturnal encounters … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, article, cold war, compass, dance, deal, dorset, dracula, eighties, exhibition, famous five, film festival, first world war, gothic, hampshire, heritage open days, Jane Austen, magazine, museum, musical, new forest, painting, play, poet, poetry, portsmouth, print, rock, rock of ages, september, sherlock holmes, shop, shopping, Siegfried Sassoon, steampunk, theatre, vampire, Wilfred Owen, woodcarving, world war 2, world war one, world war two
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