Tag Archives: fairy tale

Once On This Island, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Posted on May 18, 2023 by mkmswain

This Caribbean trip vacillates between vibrant fairy tale and grim warning. Read my full London Theatre review here

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Rumpelstiltskin, Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage

Posted on April 6, 2020 by mkmswain

The latest in Sadler’s Wells’ Digital Stage programme – an impressively assembled online offering to keep audiences entertained during the shutdown – is balletLORENT’s family-friendly dance-theatre production Rumpelstiltskin. It was streamed as a “matinee” on Friday afternoon, and is available to watch for free on Sadler’s Wells’ Facebook … Continue reading →

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Into the Woods, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on July 13, 2016 by mkmswain

Anyone who ever played ‘shop’ as a child, trading real or imaginary objects over a table, will experience a thrill of recognition at Fiasco Theater’s stripped-back take on Sondheim and James Lapine’s ode to and deconstruction of storytelling. That’s what we … Continue reading →

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Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Posted on May 22, 2015 by mkmswain

“All children, except one, grow up.” So begins J. M. Barrie’s iconic tale of arrested development, given new power and poignancy in this high-flying production. A century after one of Barrie’s youthful collaborators, George Llewelyn Davies, was killed at Ypres, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: fairy tale

Once On This Island, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Rumpelstiltskin, Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage

Into the Woods, Menier Chocolate Factory

Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

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