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Outlander’s decision to revisit its controversial storyline is essential
The latest season depicts the impact of Claire’s sexual assault. Read my full Radio Times article here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, TV
Tagged claire fraser, episode 1, ether, game of thrones, jamie fraser, outlander, premiere, radio times, rape, season 6, sexual assault, starz, trauma, tv
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Private Lives, Zoom
Back in June, Lockdown Theatre raised £35,000 for the Royal Theatrical Fund with A Bit of Waiting for Godot, starring RTF president Robert Lindsay, Michael Palin and Joanna Lumley. Their second outing, on Sunday, was Act I of Noël Coward’s … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged comedy, emilia clarke, emma thompson, game of thrones, jonathan church, lockdown theatre, noel coward, play, private lives, review, robert lindsay, sanjeev bhaskar, the i paper, theatre, zoom
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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Now streaming online, this YA play is oddly pertinent. Head to Instagram for a 2018 production with plenty of 2020 shutdown wisdom. Read my full theartsdesk review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged coronavirus, drama, edward hall, free, game of thrones, hampstead theatre, home schooling, i and you, IGTV, instagram, lauren gunderson, maisie williams, online, play, poem, poetry, review, shutdown, streaming, teenager, theartsdesk, theatre, walt whitman, YA, young adult, Zach Wyatt
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City of Angels leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
From a musical with old Hollywood glamour to starry Chekhov and Coward. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged all of us, blithe spirit, book tickets, boulevard theatre, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, chekhov, city of angels, clybourne park, daenerys, disability, duke of york's, emilia clarke, francesca martinez, game of thrones, garrick theatre, hampstead theatre, harold pinter, hollywood, imogen stubbs, indecent, jamie lloyd, jay mcguiness, jennifer saunders, kate o'flynn, kimberley walsh, london, love love love, lucy prebble, lyric hammersmith, march, meg ryan, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, new, nicola roberts, noel coward, park theatre, paula vogel, play, playhouse theatre, rachael stirling, show, sleepless, sleepless in seattle, the dumb waiter, the effect, the seagull, theatre, theo james, ticket deal, todaytix, tom hanks, top 10, troubadour wembley park, vanessa williams, west end
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15 Top Shows To See During London Theatre Week
London Theatre Week runs 24 February to 8 March, and it’s a fantastic opportunity to see the West End’s best plays and musicals – with tickets from just £15, £25 and £35! You can even nab some of the best … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, cheap tickets, daniel radcliffe, dear evan hansen, emilia clarke, game of thrones, les miserables, london, london theatre week, musical, phantom, play, prince of egypt, sale, show, the seagull, theatre, ticket deal, todaytix, waitress, west end, wicked
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Present Laughter, Old Vic
Great Scott! His recent turn as Fleabag‘s Hot Priest made him a global sex symbol. Now, Andrew Scott reminds audiences that he’s just as irresistible on stage, leading Matthew Warchus’s absolute romp of a Noël Coward revival with the kind of panache … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actor, andrew scott, bisexual, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, comedy, farce, fleabag, game of thrones, hot priest, indira varma, london, matthew warchus, noel coward, old vic, play, present laughter, review, romance, sale, save, sex, sophie thompson, summer, theatre, ticket deal, visit london
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Europe leads June’s Top 10 new London shows
From a drama about Europe to immersive Shakespeare and open-air opera. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, bernadette peters, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, bronx gothic, cheap tickets, concert, donmar warehouse, dove cameron, education education education, eno, europe, game of thrones, gielgud theatre, gwendoline christie, hansel and gretel, jermyn street theatre, london, lyceum theatre, lyn nottage, martha plimpton, musical, national theatre, new, open air theatre, opera, oscar wilde, pictures of dorian gray, play, regents park, renee fleming, roger allam, royal festival hall, rutherford and son, shakespeare, sweat, the light in the piazza, theatre, ticket deal, top 10, trafalgar studios, visit london, west end, young vic
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Where to see celebrities onstage in London
The best starry shows, from Fleabag‘s sexy priest Andrew Scott in Present Laughter to Gwendoline Christie AKA Brienne of Tarth in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Read my full TodayTix article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 9 to 5, A Midsummer Night's Dream, andrew scott, best, betrayal, bridge theatre, brienne of tarth, celeb, celebrity, coliseum, dolly parton, downton abbey, famous, fleabag, game of thrones, gwendoline christie, hayley atwell, jack mcbrayer, katharine mcphee, kelsey grammer, london, louise redknapp, man of la mancha, matthew broderick, musical, noel coward, old vic, play, present laughter, rosmersholm, star, the starry messenger, theatre, todaytix, tom burke, tom hiddleston, visit london, waitress, west end
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When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, National Theatre
Step away from the returns queue. The rare presence of Hollywood star Cate Blanchett on a London stage has caused a box office frenzy, but sadly this would-be provocative vehicle – Martin Crimp’s loose variations on Samuel Richardson’s 1740 proto-novel Pamela, … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, cate blanchett, celebrity, game of thrones, gender, hollywood, jessica gunning, katie mitchell, london, martin crimp, national theatre, pamela, power, review, s&m, samuel richardson, sex, stephen dillane, when we have sufficiently tortured each other
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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Maisie Williams (AKA Arya Stark in Game of Thrones) and Zach Wyatt make superb stage debuts in Edward Hall’s production of American playwright Lauren Gunderson’s work. Caroline, trapped at home due to an unspecified genetic illness, is surprised by schoolmate … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arya stark, drama, edward hall, game of thrones, ham and high, hampstead theatre, i and you, lauren gunderson, london, maisie williams, play, poet, poetry, review, sick, teenager, theatre, transplant, walt whitman, Zach Wyatt
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