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Brash but glib puppet tale
Move over, Avenue Q: there’s a new puppet in town. Flame-haired, foul-mouthed Tyrone, star of Robert Askins’ semi-autobiographical farce, is a nightmarish creation, but a necessary release for cowed Texas teen Jason, struggling with the death of his father. Mother … Continue reading
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Tagged america, drama, ham and high, hand to god, harry melling, london, play, puppet, religion, review, robert askins, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end
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‘Good theatre should be provocative’
Hand to God actress Jemima Rooper talks puppetry, repression and blind casting. Read my full Ham & High interview here
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Tagged actress, ben ockrent, blind casting, drama, ham and high, hand to god, interview, Jemima Rooper, london, newspaper, play, puppet, religion, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end, women
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Hand to God, Vaudeville Theatre
There will be blood. And expletives. And puppet sex that makes Avenue Q look positively monastic. But perhaps most shocking of all is that beneath the eye-wateringly explicit surface of Robert Askins’ provocative farce, which began life Off-Off-Broadway in 2011, lies … Continue reading
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Tagged america, broadway, christian, comedy, drama, family, farce, grief, hand to god, harry melling, janie dee, Jemima Rooper, london, neil pearson, parent, puppet, religion, review, robert askins, sex, texas, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end
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Don’t miss: This week’s Top 10 new London shows
From Friends actor Matthew Perry’s playwriting debut and a Satanic hand puppet to theatrical history and a new take on Chekhov. Read my full BroadwayWorld round-up here
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Tagged adrian lester, best, broadwayworld, don't miss, drama, friends, gemma arterton, hand to god, kenneth branagh, london, ma raineys black bottom, matthew perry, nell gwynn, play, rabbit hole, ralph fiennes, red velvet, the end of longing, the master builder, the mother, the winters tale, theatre, top 10, uncle vanya, west end
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