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The Boy Friend, Menier Chocolate Factory
How ripping! A saucy French maid doing the Charleston with a handsome chap in tennis whites sets the scene for the most delightful escapism in town: Matthew White’s gossamer-light revival of Sandy Wilson’s 1953 love letter to the Roaring Twenties. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged 20s, adrian edmondson, amara okereke, bill deamer, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, christmas, dancing, flapper, france, janie dee, julie andrews, london, love, matthew white, menier chocolate factory, musical, review, riviera, romance, sandy wilson, singing, the boy friend, theatre, ticket deal
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Henry V, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
As we finally go to the polls, casting votes based on our view of national identity and Britain’s place in the world, here comes Shakespeare’s ever-topical play. Robert Hastie’s thoughtful take is contemporary dress but stripped back, not so much … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged agincourt, battle, cross casting, drama, england, eu referendum, france, henry v, history, king, michelle terry, nation, open air theatre, play, regents park, review, robert hastie, shakespeare, st crispins day, stage, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, vote, war
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Savagely powerful play takes us inside dementia
At its best, theatre doesn’t just communicate ideas or invite distanced empathy. It completely immerses us in the experience of another human being. Florian Zeller won France’s top drama prize, the Molière Award, for 2014 play The Father, and Christopher … Continue reading
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Tagged alzheimers, care, carer, christopher hampton, claire skinner, daughter, dementia, drama, family, father, florian zeller, france, french, ham and high, hampstead, highgate, kenneth cranham, king lear, london, paris, pinter, play, review, the father, theatre, tricycle theatre
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The Father, Tricycle Theatre
André is losing time. It’s not just his perennially mislaid watch, but whole hours, weeks, years. Is he still living in his Paris flat, or did he move in with his daughter Anne? Is she married, divorced, leaving the country … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alzheimers, award, bath, care, carer, child, christopher hampton, claire skinner, dad, daughter, dementia, drama, father, five star, flat, florian zeller, france, grief, ill, kenneth cranham, king lear, lear, london, loss, memory, moliere, nurse, paris, pinter, play, review, sick, the arts desk, the father, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre
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The Armour, The Langham Hotel
The Langham has marked its 150th anniversary in theatrical fashion by commissioning an original drama spanning several decades – and floors – from emerging company Defibrillator, whose Tennessee Williams trio at this venue impressed last year. Now Ben Ellis checks … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870s, 1970s, anniversary, bbc, ben ellis, defibrillator, docklands, drama, emperor, empire, eugenie, exile, finty williams, france, french, hannah spearritt, historical, history, hotel, interview, london, music, napoleon, past, play, pop, radio, recording, review, s club 7, shipping container, site specific, star, tennessee williams, the arts desk, the langham, theartsdesk, theatre, tour, vietnam
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Lost in translation
Thirty years ago, Andy Warhol gathered together 300,000 disparate possessions in cardboard boxes, creating a makeshift time capsule for the edification of future generations. There is another time capsule of sorts playing at Richmond Theatre, where John Godber’s revival of … Continue reading
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Tagged andy warhol, april in paris, comedy, competition, cost of living crisis, drama, eiffel tower, europe, european, ferry, france, groundhog day, holiday, housing market, hull, john godber, magazine, nigel farage, paris, play, review, richmond theatre, romcom, the wizard of oz, theatre, time capsule, travel, ukip, unemployment, whos afraid of virginia woolf, win
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Edinburgh, Teacher of the Year and Is That Allowed?!
My articles in the July issue of Dance Today, out now: Fringe benefits From sexy samba and surreal circus to comic tapping, the dance highlights of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Hip hop hooray Dance Today Teacher of the Year T. Damien Anyasi talks London Olympics and breakin’ boundaries Latin scorcher In … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, ballroom, circus, competition, dance, dance hold, dancing, Darren Bennett, edinburgh, festival, france, fringe, gay pride, in the heights, Lilia Kopylova, london, musical, norwich, olympics, paris, peter tatchell, review, richmond theatre, same sex dance, seven brides for seven brothers, southwark playhouse, strictly, strictly come dancing, teacher, teacher of the year, theatre, theatre royal, winner
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Hold, dancing cowboys and a French connection
My articles in the June issue of Dance Today, out now: Keep holding on Does the ballroom hold limit dancers and choreographers? We ask the experts, including Strictly‘s Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova Rootin’ tootin’ wooing Dodgy gender politics aside, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is barnstorming hit … Continue reading
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Tagged artem chigvintsev, ballroom, ballroom hold, bbc, blackpool, choreography, competition, dance, dance on ice, dance today, dancesport, dancesport international, dancing, Darren Bennett, dirty rotten scoundrels, drama, dsi, france, helena blackman, latin, Lilia Kopylova, london, magazine, musical, paris, review, richmond theatre, sam attwater, same sex dance, savoy, scd, seven brides for seven brothers, shoes, stage, strictly, strictly come dancing, supadance, theatre, torvill and dean, tv, wembley
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