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Tag Archives: election
Best of Enemies, Noel Coward Theatre
James Graham’s play hits the West End, with Zachary Quinto joining the cast. Read my full London Theatre review here
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Tagged 1968, america, best of enemies, david harewood, debate, drama, election, gore vidal, james graham, jeremy herrin, london, london theatre, noel coward theatre, play, president, review, theatre, tv, west end, william f buckley, young vic, zachary quinto
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Rosmersholm, Duke of York’s Theatre
As politicians and pundits dissect the local election results, Duncan Macmillan serves up a blistering new adaptation of an 1886 work that feels eerily like a 2019 commentary. Move over, James Graham – it turns out Ibsen has supplied the … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, duke of yorks theatre, duncan macmillan, election, giles terera, hamilton, hayley atwell, ibsen, london, play, politics, review, rosmersholm, theatre, ticket deal, tom burke, visit london, west end
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Labour of Love, Noel Coward Theatre
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
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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
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Pick of the Week
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
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The Audience, Apollo Theatre
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
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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
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Skewering of tabloid excess packs an urgent topicality
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
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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
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Everyman, National Theatre
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
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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
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