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The Nutcracker, Birmingham Royal Ballet online
It’s a tough year for our festive favourite, with the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s (BRB) Nutcrackers all obstructed by the Government’s tier restrictions. But, 2020 style, it’s a pivot to digital for BRB, who live-streamed their production from Birmingham Rep … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, birmingham, birmingham rep, birmingham royal ballet, brb, carlos acosta, children, christmas, dance, digital, family, festive, kids, live stream, online, peter wright, review, streaming, the i paper, the nutcracker
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Roundup: Check Out These Socially Distanced Shows
Hurrah for the green shoots in our beleaguered industry. Lots of venues are mounting new shows and bringing back our favourites over the next few weeks and months – albeit with social distancing and safety measures in place. Here are … Continue reading
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How London theatres are keeping audiences safe during reopening
From social distancing and masks to livestreaming and pop-up spaces. Read my full London Theatre article here
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Tagged audience, broadcast, etickets, family, hand sanitiser, installation, london, london theatre, masks, musical, outdoor theatre, play, safe, social distancing, socially distanced, theatre
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Three Kings, Old Vic: In Camera
The world premiere of Stephen Beresford’s new hourlong play, livestreamed to home audiences in four performances as part of the Old Vic’s In Camera series, was postponed a couple of times due to Andrew Scott undergoing minor surgery. Thankfully, the actor has … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew scott, digital, family, fathers, filmed, in camera, livestream, matthew warchus, old vic, online, play, review, sons, Stephen Beresford, streaming, theartsdesk, theatre, three kings
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Where to see outdoor theatre in the UK
My round-up of al fresco goodies, from Regent’s Park to the Minack. Read my full London Theatre article here
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Treasure Island, National Theatre at Home
Swaggering pirates, X marks the spot, a chattering parrot, “Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum”? All present and correct. But Bryony Lavery’s winning 2014 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson for the National, directed by Polly Findlay, also features key updates and wonderfully creative ideas, plus … Continue reading
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Rumpelstiltskin, Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage
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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Leopoldstadt, Wyndham’s Theatre
Tom Stoppard’s latest – and possibly final – play has few of the dramatic hallmarks you might expect from him: the dazzling linguistic flourishes, the formal trickery, the knotty metaphors and giddy metatheatricality. Instead, we have a relatively straightforward, linear … Continue reading
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BWW Interview: Martin Fenton
The dancer discusses playing the title role in The Snowman, back at the Peacock Theatre this Christmas. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged ballet, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, children, christmas, dance, dancer, dancing, december, family, holiday, interview, london, martin fenton, raymond briggs, the snowman, ticket deal, west end, young audience
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