Tag Archives: female

Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre

Posted on March 22, 2019 by mkmswain

“We are only as powerful as the stories we tell.” So proclaims poet and activist Emilia Bassano, as she wrestles back her own story in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s 2018 Globe hit – its raw, feminist, revolutionary power just as potent … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, charity wakefield, cheap tickets, emilia, female, feminist, gender equality, globe, london, morgan lloyd malcolm, play, poet, review, shakespeare, theatre, ticket deal, west end, women, write | Leave a comment

Dance Nation, Almeida Theatre

Posted on September 5, 2018 by mkmswain

Wild, raw, hilarious and tender, Clare Barron’s electrifying play – first seen in New York earlier this year – is a candid portrait of prepubescent girls, rare compared with the myriad male coming-of-age tales. But, like its warrior women, Barron’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged A Chorus Line, almeida theatre, broadwayworld, clare barron, coming of age, competition, dance, dance moms, dance nation, dancing, female, feminist, ghandi, prepubescent, pussy, review, sarah hadland, strictly ballroom, team, teenager, woman, women | Leave a comment

Interview: Clare Barron talks Dance Nation

Posted on August 22, 2018 by mkmswain

The playwright discusses the UK premiere of her latest work at the Almeida Theatre. Read my full Islington Gazette interview here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adolescence, almeida theatre, clare barron, coming of age, competition, dance moms, dance nation, dance teacher, dance team, dancer, dancing, female, friendship, girl, interview, islington gazette, london, newspaper, north london, play, sexuality, theatre, uk premiere | Leave a comment

Girls & Boys, Royal Court

Posted on February 16, 2018 by mkmswain

“It just seems to be a thing that we do, this incomprehensible violence thing.” So says the narrator of Dennis Kelly’s new one-woman play, performed in a staggering tour-de-force from Carey Mulligan. She’s been reflecting on an American mass shooting … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, carey mulligan, child, dennis kelly, drama, female, girls and boys, london, love, lyndsey turner, male, marriage, mass shooting, metoo, mother, new writing, parent, play, review, royal court, sexism, theatre, toxic masculinity, violence | Leave a comment

The future is female

Posted on November 5, 2017 by mkmswain

Leading dancers and choreographers Kate Prince, Kloé Dean and Emma Houston discusses women in hip hop. Read my full Dancing Times article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism | Tagged break dancing, breaking, choreographer, class, dance, dancer, dancing, emma houston, equality, female, gender, girls, hip hop, interview, kate prince, khloe dean, lesson, music video, sadlers wells, some like it hip hop, teacher, women, zoonation | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Freema Agyeman

Posted on July 20, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress talks Doctor Who, Sense8 and making her West End debut in Apologia. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged activist, actress, alexi kaye campbell, apologia, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, child, discount, diversity, doctor who, female, feminism, feminist, freema agyeman, gay, interview, jamie lloyd, jodie whittaker, laura carmichael, lesbian, lgbtq, liberal, london, mother, netflix, parent, politics, radical, sci fi, sense8, sexuality, son, stage, stockard channing, the doctor, theatre, ticket deal, torchwood, transgender, tv, wachowski, west end | Leave a comment

Touch, Soho Theatre

Posted on July 14, 2017 by mkmswain

Neat freaks beware: Touch is your ultimate nightmare. This latest offering from DryWrite, the company that launched the now stratospheric Fleabag, centres on another woman with a chaotic personal life – this time, mirrored by the symphony of filth that is her cramped … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged amy morgan, bdsm, broadwayworld, comedy, drama, DryWrite, female, feminism, feminist, fleabag, kink, london, love, phoebe waller-bridge, play, review, romance, sex, soho theatre, taboo, theatre, touch, vicky jones, welsh, woman | Leave a comment

All Change Please, Lucy Kerbel

Posted on July 10, 2017 by mkmswain

Another week, another dispiriting gender equality statistic, as research by The Stage reveals 75% of West End musicals staged in the past decade had no women on their writing teams; removing jukebox shows from the equation, just 9% featured music by female composers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged all change please, book, broadwayworld, drama, equality, female, feminism, feminist, gender, girl, kids, lucy kerbel, musical, play, review, theatre, tonic theatre, west end, woman, women, youth | Leave a comment

Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe

Posted on September 25, 2015 by mkmswain

“Comedy, love and a bit with a dog,” counselled Henslowe in Stoppard’s Shakespeare in Love, and his populist advice is taken to heart in this broad, bawdy, big-hearted farce untroubled by nuanced characterisation or context. Jessica Swale’s modern-language Restoration romp ensures a … Continue reading →

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Casa Valentina, Southwark Playhouse

Posted on September 20, 2015 by mkmswain

The “femmepersonators” of Harvey Fierstein’s 1962-set drama would be flabbergasted by today’s level of trans visibility, from Grayson Perry and Caitlyn Jenner to Transparent and Eddie Redmayne’s new film The Danish Girl. Yet it’s the still pertinent issue of private … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 1960s, activitist, america, caitlyn jenner, camp, casa valentina, catskills, cross dressing, eddie redmayne, female, gay, gender, grayson perry, Harvey Fierstein, homosexual, kinky boots, male, margaret thatcher, mccarthy, minority, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Rita Hayworth, sex, sixties, southwark playhouse, the danish girl, trans, transgender, transparent, transvestite, visibility | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: female

Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre

Dance Nation, Almeida Theatre

Interview: Clare Barron talks Dance Nation

Girls & Boys, Royal Court

The future is female

BWW Interview: Freema Agyeman

Touch, Soho Theatre

All Change Please, Lucy Kerbel

Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe

Casa Valentina, Southwark Playhouse

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