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Tag Archives: ghost
The Red Bird Sings: the bizarre true story of how a ghost testified in court
Aoifa Fitzpatrick draws on an extraordinary 1897 trial in a debut novel that’s a blend of courtroom drama, murder mystery and feminist fable. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged america, Aoifa Fitzpatrick, book, courtroom, crime, fiction, ghost, Greenbrier Ghost, murder, novel, review, telegraph, the red bird sings, trial
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Trick or treat! Book tickets to West End Halloween shows
Spook-tacular entertainment, from The Woman in Black to The Canterville Ghost. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, ghost, halloween, london, london theatre, musical, play, scary, spooky, theatre, west end, witch
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Blithe Spirit, Duke of York’s Theatre
This is perhaps an odd time for Nöel Coward’s comedy about death and supernatural apparitions to land in the West End – Richard Eyre’s revival transferring from Theatre Royal Bath. On the other hand, there’s something comforting about Coward’s wartime … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged blithe spirit, book tickets, broadwayworld, comedy, duke of yorks theatre, ghost, jennifer saunders, london, noel coward, play, review, richard eyre, theatre, west end
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John, National Theatre
Pulitzer-winning American playwright Annie Baker returns to the National – where The Flick was a quiet triumph in 2016 – with another work that is epic in form (three hours and change), but similarly spellbinding in its ability to draw an audience close. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged annie baker, broadwayworld, gettsburg, ghost, haunting, horror, james macdonald, john, june watson, london, love, national theatre, play, relationship, review, theatre
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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
Bitter experience has obliterated all possible hope for Strictly’s annual fright fest – best watched several dozen drinks in, when the more disturbing details begin to blur round the edges – but this was an abysmal show even by Halloween … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, celebrity, charleston, costume, dance, dance off, dancing, danny dyer, dressing up, eastenders, eliminated, georgia may foote, ghost, ghostbusters, halloween, jamelia, jeremy vine, jive, kirsty gallacher, latin, rocky horror picture show, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, the addams family, thriller
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The Cherry Orchard, Young Vic
Ghosts are walking at the Young Vic. Katie Mitchell’s stark, startling production of Chekhov’s final lament is not just an evocation of a lost era, but a summoning of the spirits haunting Vicki Mortimer’s chilling sepulchral mansion. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, chekhov, cherry orchard, daughter, death, drama, family, feudal, ghost, grief, haunted, katie mitchell, london, loss, mother, mourn, past, play, review, revolution, romance, russia, russian, serf, simon stephens, son, the cherry orchard, theatre, young vic
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Crime and punishment
Reconciling entertaining drama with a deeper underlying message is one of the great challenges of playwriting, and that challenge is complicated further when it comes to work commissioned by Clean Break, the ground-breaking company that seeks to change the lives … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged billy the girl, cancer, cha cha, clean break, crime, diet, dirty dancing, drama, ghost, justice, london, patrick swayze, play, prison, review, slim fast, soho theatre, wedding
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