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Tag Archives: ham and high
Interview: Dael Orlandersmith
The actress and playwright discusses Until The Flood, which addresses the 2014 shooting of African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Read my full Ham & High/Islington Gazette interview here
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Tagged arcola theatre, black lives matter, book tickets, dael orlandersmith, darren wilson, edinburgh festival, ferguson, ham and high, interview, islington gazette, michael brown, play, police shooting, race relations, theatre, until the flood, verbatim
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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
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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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Pericles, National Theatre
It’s a people’s revolution. For the very first time, a community cast takes the Olivier stage: around 200 non-professionals, led by a few actors, representing national diversity. And that’s no anaemic buzzword here, but real inclusion – assorted ages, sizes, … Continue reading
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Tagged chris bush, community, diversity, emily lim, family, ham and high, home, inclusion, jim fortune, musical, national theatre, pericles, play, public acts, review, shakespeare, theatre
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Follies, National Theatre
Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s 1971 musical finally gets the outing it deserves in Dominic Cooke’s blockbuster revival – with a 37-strong cast and full orchestra. Follies isn’t just “still here”, it’s thrilling, heartrending, spectacular. Read my full Ham & High review … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged dominic cooke, follies, ham and high, imelda staunton, janie dee, london, musical, national theatre, review, stephen sondheim, west end
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Spellbinding story of Selassie
Colin Teevan has created an extraordinary showcase for the chameleonic Kathryn Hunter in this adaptation of Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski’s book about the fall of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, in 1974. Hunter embodies a dozen of Selassie’s loyal flunkeys, … Continue reading
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Tagged colin teevan, drama, ethiopia, haile selassi, ham and high, kathryn hunter, london, play, review, the emperor, theatre, young vic
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A financial thriller to get blood pumping
Beth Steel, returning to the Hampstead after 2014’s Wonderland, dips back into history for a resonant financial drama. It’s 1978, and Wall Street is lending staggering sums to developing Latin American countries for infrastructure projects that are never completed – … Continue reading
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Tagged bank, finance, ham and high, hampstead theatre, labyrinth, latin america, play, review, theatre, wall street
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Branagh is assured but lacks true desperation
Brexit-ish rants, generational divide, tax dodging and Middle East chaos: the contemporary resonance of John Osborne’s 1957 state-of-the-nation play The Entertainer is almost eerie. Paired with an effective metaphor – the dying days of music hall – it’s a strong closing … Continue reading
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Tagged archie rice, brexit, comedian, comedy, dancing, garrick theatre, greta scacchi, ham and high, john osborne, kenneth branagh, laurence olivier, middle east, music hall, review, singing, suez canal, tap, the entertainer, vaudeville, west end
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Sunset at the Villa Thalia, National Theatre
A new play about Greek political turmoil should feel thoroughly topical, but Alexi Kaye Campbell both illuminates and regrettably sidesteps the current European crisis by setting his in the mid 20th century. Part morality tale, part history lesson and part … Continue reading
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Tagged alexi kaye campbell, ben miles, drama, elizabeth mcgovern, europe, greece, greek, ham and high, london, national theatre, play, politics, review, stage, sunset at the villa thalia, theatre
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Style over substance but Lily shines
For his latest Shakespearean venture, Kenneth Branagh has produced a panting paean to Fellini, with all the cultural nuance of a Simpsons episode. While ravishing, his transposition of the action to Fifties Italy is notable more for the fabulous fashions … Continue reading
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Tagged derek jacobi, drama, garrick theatre, ham and high, italy, kenneth branagh, lily james, london, review, richard madden, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, stage, theatre, west end
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Show Boat, New London Theatre
Racial politics, addiction, violence and economic hardship. The subject matter of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical, based on Edna Ferber’s sprawling novel, shocked on its 1927 premiere, as did its integrated story and score and revolutionary dramatic heft. … Continue reading
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Tagged alistair david, america, dancing, daniel evans, drama, ham and high, Jerome Kern, mississippi, musical, new london theatre, ol man river, Oscar Hammerstein, play, race, review, Sheffield Crucible, show boat, singing, song, theatre, west end
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