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Labour of Love, Noel Coward Theatre

Posted on October 4, 2017 by mkmswain

With This House enjoying an acclaimed revival last year, and Almeida hit Ink now situated just metres away from new offering Labour of Love on St Martin’s Lane, the West End currently belongs to the fantastically prolific playwright James Graham. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here Advertisements

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, dancing, deal, discount, ed balls, election, james graham, jeremy corbyn, jeremy herrin, labour of love, labour party, martin freeman, mp, noel coward theatre, play, politics, review, sale, save, strictly come dancing, tamsin greig, theatre, tony blair, west end | Leave a comment

Pick of the Week

Posted on August 13, 2015 by mkmswain

Bridget Christie and flamenco in Edinburgh, family-friendly Green Man Festival and will The Man From U.N.C.L.E will be a Cold War hit, or just lukewarm? Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here

Posted in Dance, Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged almeida, america, american, australia, bbc, best, book, bridget christie, bruce mccall, cold war, comedy, comic, cricket, dance, edinburgh, election, feature, festival, film, flamenco, fringe, game of thrones, greeks, green man, guy ritchie, interview, israel galvan, magazine, mark steel, movie, music, natalie dormer, new yorker, newsletter, novel, pick of the week, proms, read, republican, review, sibelius, spy, super furry animals, the arts desk, the ashes, the iliad, the man from uncle, the scandalous lady w, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, wales | Leave a comment

Pick of the Week

Posted on May 14, 2015 by mkmswain

With big drama on stage and television, from Death of a Salesman to the latest Scandi must-watch, there are no austerity measures in theartsdesk’s coverage. Read my full newsletter here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged 1864, adaptation, alexander mcqueen, arts, as you like it, austerity, ayckbourn, bbc, book, comedy, communicating doors, conservative, cuts, danish, david cameron, death of a salesman, denmark, dianna agron, drama, election, fantasy, glee, globe, government, how to succeed in business without really trying, jonathan groff, jonathan miller, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, king lear, labour, london, magic, magician, novel, parliament, play, politician, review, rsc, scandi, shakespeare, susanna clarke, television, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, war, west end | Leave a comment

The Audience, Apollo Theatre

Posted on May 6, 2015 by mkmswain

As The Queen gains an audience with the latest royal addition, her theatrical alter ego returns to the West End, with Kristin Scott Thomas inheriting Tony-nominated Helen Mirren’s role in Peter Morgan’s updated revival. Callaghan is out; au courant gags … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged apollo theatre, baby, buckingham palace, comedy, conservative, david cameron, drama, ed miliband, election, elizabeth ii, europe, family, government, helen mirren, her majesty, iraq, king charles iii, kristin scott thomas, labour, london, margaret thatcher, monarch, peter morgan, play, politician, politics, prime minister, prince charles, princess, review, royal, sovereign, stephen daldry, suez, the arts desk, the audience, the queen, theartsdesk, theatre, tony award, tony blair, war, west end, winston churchill | Leave a comment

Skewering of tabloid excess packs an urgent topicality

Posted on May 1, 2015 by mkmswain

Morris Honeyspoon is a monster. In editorial conference, he halts objections with a blast of his air horn, and when a puppyish staffer challenges his blanket anti-immigration policy, Roman helmet-clutching Morris takes sadistic pleasure in ritually humiliating him. It’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged arcola theatre, celebrity, clarion, comedy, daily express, daily mail, drama, editor, election, fleet street, headline, immigration, london, malcolm tucker, Mark Jagasia, news, newspaper, paper, play, political, politics, review, satire, sharia law, tabloid, theatre | Leave a comment

Everyman, National Theatre

Posted on April 30, 2015 by mkmswain

As we stagger towards electoral chaos, isn’t it comforting to think there might be a master plan at work? That Russell Brand’s meddling is preordained, or Cameron’s ‘brain fade’ an act of divine intervention? The second play in Rufus Norris’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 12 years a slave, 15th century, artistic director, carol ann duffy, chiwetel ejiofor, christianity, dance, dancing, david cameron, death, divine, don draper, drama, ed miliband, election, everyman, faith, god, javier de frutos, london, mad men, morality play, movement, nation, national, national theatre, olivier, play, poet, poet laureate, poetry, religion, review, rufus norris, russell brand, salvation, sharon d clarke, singing, song, state of the nation, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre | Leave a comment

Clarion, Arcola Theatre

Posted on April 23, 2015 by mkmswain

“Fury Over Sharia Law For Toddlers!” No, not a prime example of spoof headline generator Daily Mail-o-matic, but the latest piece of fantastical scaremongering from the Clarion, a 125-year-old (semi-)fictional rag that’s upped sales by splashing on immigration every day … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged arcola theatre, clare higgins, clarion, columnist, daily express, daily mail, drama, election, evening standard, extremist, family values, fleet street, front page, glamour model, great britain, greg hicks, guardian, headline, immigration, london, Mark Jagasia, media, news, newspaper, paper, play, politics, review, richard bean, satire, sharia law, showbiz, tabloid, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, ukip | Leave a comment

Dead Sheep, Park Theatre

Posted on April 3, 2015 by mkmswain

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 | Leave a comment

Worthy but thin tale of broken Britain

Posted on February 13, 2015 by mkmswain

Eighteen months on, and Ed Miliband is still intoning “Cost of living crisis” in the hope of persuading disillusioned voters that someone at Westminster understands their plight. Yet the gulf between rhetoric and experience seems ever widening, making art that … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged arrest, changing state, child, cost of living crisis, crime, drama, drugs, ed miliband, election, ethnic minority, hen and chickens, house, housing, islington, islington gazette, local council, london, low income, millennial, north london, parent, play, politician, politics, poverty, pregnancy, prison, race, review, riots, singing, statistics, talent contest, teenager, theatre, unemployment, westminster, young, youth | Leave a comment

Hello/Goodbye, Hampstead Theatre

Posted on January 28, 2015 by mkmswain

If the London property boom continues post-election, the fight for living space may well develop into all-out war. But what begins as skirmish in Peter Souter’s 2013 play, promoted from the Hampstead’s downstairs space, soon turns to romance as two … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged collection, collector, couple, divorce, drama, election, endeavour, flat, hampstead theatre, hello/goodbye, house, let, london, love, marriage, masterchef, miranda raison, peter souter, play, property, rent, review, romance, shaun evans, sherlock, tamara harvey, tenant, the arts desk, the odd couple, theartsdesk, theatre | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: election

Labour of Love, Noel Coward Theatre

Pick of the Week

The Audience, Apollo Theatre

Skewering of tabloid excess packs an urgent topicality

Everyman, National Theatre

Clarion, Arcola Theatre

Dead Sheep, Park Theatre

Worthy but thin tale of broken Britain

Hello/Goodbye, Hampstead Theatre

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