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From the classroom to the trenches, a gay love story for the ages
Alice Winn’s heartrending debut novel In Memoriam, set during the First World War, brings history wrenchingly to life. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged alice winn, boarding school, book, first world war, flanders, gay, in memoriam, lgbtq, love, novel, poetry, queer, review, romance, telegraph, the front, trenches, world war 1
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Travesties, Apollo Theatre
After a hit run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Patrick Marber’s storming revival of Tom Stoppard’s 1974 play gets a welcome West End encore. The triumph of this production is the way it honours Stoppard’s dazzling intellect while also going … Continue reading
Death Takes A Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre
“I’m Death.” “And you’re on holiday?” Well, there’s really no way to disguise the preposterousness of this show’s premise, nor to reconcile its winking humour and self-serious grand romance. Thus, Thom Southerland’s London premiere wisely diverts attention to its seductive … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged charing cross theatre, chris peluso, death, death takes a holiday, donald trump, drama, first world war, great war, london, love, maury yeston, meet joe black, musical, review, romance, theartsdesk, theatre, thom southerland, world war one, zoe doano
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BWW Interview: Lisa Dillon
The actress discusses her roles in the RSC’s Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing, coming to the West End next month. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
David Bowie’s LAZARUS leads November’s Top 10 new London shows
From the late great Bowie’s musical to Glenda Jackson’s Lear and Mark Rylance’s return. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged amy madigan, an inspector calls, andrew lloyd webber, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, buried child, david bowie, ed harris, first world war, garrick theatre, glenda jackson, half a sixpence, harriet walter, it is easy to be dead, jb priestley, king lear, lazarus, london, mark rylance, michael c hall, musical, neil mcpherson, nice fish, november, old vic, phyllida lloyd, playhouse theatre, poet, school of rock, shakespeare, stephen daldry, the tempest, theatre, this house, top 10, west end
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The Patriotic Traitor, Park Theatre
Theatregoers suffering from First World War fatigue may want to pass on Jonathan Lynn’s merely competent historical drama about two mythic figures: Charles de Gaulle and Philippe Pétain. It’s a fascinating subject – de Gaulle had his former mentor tried … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged army, Charles de Gaulle, collaborator, drama, first world war, general, history, jonathan lynn, laurence fox, leader, london, nazi, park theatre, Philippe Petain, play, review, second world war, the patriotic traitor, theatre, tom conti, verdun, vichy, war, world war one, world war two
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Listed: The 100 Funniest Things about Downton Abbey
As the series draws to a close, we list its mostly unintentional hilarity, from the entail and the Turkish corpse to the death-by-political-correctness of Isis the dog. Read the full theartsdesk article here
Posted in Journalism, TV
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover, BBC One
The major controversy of this revisionist BBC adaptation is not D. H. Lawrence’s naughty bits, but the lack of them. Gone are the four-letter words and personified genitals – just one half-embarrassed mention of “John Thomas” – while graphic sexual … Continue reading
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