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Tag Archives: harry potter
‘Our goose laid an egg on stage’ – the entertaining tales of a theatrical animal wrangler
Des Jordan on providing pets for leading productions – plus several other unusual theatre jobs. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged aerial director, andrew garfield, angels in america, animal, animal wrangler, back to the future, chris fisher, corgi, cursed child, des jordan, drama, goose, gwen hales, harry potter, illusions, injury prevention, interview, london, musical, performing pets, pet, play, puppy, singin in the rain, south pacific, telegraph, the audience, the ferryman, the queen, the wild duck, theatre, tome levi, west end
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Go back to school at these educational West End shows
From Matilda to Horrible Histories. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged back to school, book tickets, childrens theatre, disney, family theatre, frozen, harry potter, horrible histories, london, london theatre, matilda, musical, play, the lion king, theatre, west end, wicked
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West End shows to see for Father’s Day
Celebrate your dad with one of these fantastic productions. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, dad, family, father, fathers day, fathers day 2022, fathers day shows, harry potter, les miserables, london, london shows, london theatre, mamma mia, musical, only fools and horses, play, the lion king, theatre, to kill a mockingbird, west end
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Where to watch celebrities onstage
From Andrew Scott in the Old Vic’s Three Kings to Sleepless‘s pop star leads and a host of luminaries in Talking Heads. Read my full London Theatre article here
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Tagged actor, actress, alan bennett, albion, almeida, andrew scott, beat the devil, bridge theatre, celebrities, celebrity, coronavirus, daisy edgar-jones, David Hare, death of england, everybodys talking about jamie, famous, film, fleabag, giles terera, hair, hamilton, harry potter, hollywood, imelda staunton, jay mcguiness, kimberley walsh, kristin scott thomas, layton williams, leslie manville, london, movie, musical, national theatre, nhs, no masks, normal people, old vic, on stage, play, ralph fiennes, russell tovey, sherlock, sleepless, star, stars, strictly come dancing, talking heads, tamsin greig, the crown, theatre, theatre royal stratford east, three kings, troubadour wembley park, turbine theatre, tv
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Endgame/Rough for Theatre II, Old Vic
“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.” Director Richard Jones has certainly taken Beckett’s words to heart in this vividly comic, star-cast Old Vic double bill, pairing Endgame with a lesser-known short play – which acts as a sort of stylistic and thematic amuse bouche. The result is a richly engaging … Continue reading
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Tagged alan cumming, beckett, daniel radcliffe, death, endgame, existential, harry potter, jane horrocks, karl johnson, london, modernist, old vic, play, review, rough for theatre ii, theartsdesk, theatre
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Endgame leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry Beckett revival to Tom Stoppard and magical mishaps. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged 2020, alan cumming, ambassadors theatre, antony sher, apartheid, best, book tickets, boulevard theatre, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, circus, comedy, cormac mccarthy, daniel radcliffe, endgame, faustus, gary beadle, harold pinter theatre, harry potter, jane horrocks, january, jasper britton, kunene and the king, leopoldstadt, lexicon, london, lucy kirkwood, lucy prebble, lyric hammersmith, magic goes wrong, maxine peake, mischief theatre, musical, national theatre, new, nofit state circus, old vic, orange tree theatre, penn and teller, play, roundhouse, show, south africa, that damned woman, the sugar syndrome, the sunset limited, the welkin, theatre, ticket deal, toby jones, todaytix, tom stoppard, top 10, uncle vanya, vaudeville theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Book review: Dramatic Exchanges, ed. Daniel Rosenthal
This fascinating tome offers an insider’s history of the National Theatre, via some 800 letters exchanged between Artistic Directors, actors, directors, playwrights, politicians, agents, critics and more. From arcane trivia through to vigorous words on the very nature and purpose … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, amadeus, arthur miller, artistic director, book, broadwayworld, daniel rosenthal, director, dramatic exchanges, eileen atkins, harold pinter, harry potter, history, ian mckellen, john osborne, judi dench, laurence olivier, letter, maggie smith, national theatre, paul mccartney, peter hall, play, review, the crucible, the curious incident, the history boys, theatre, tom stoppard
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Take Five! Spend Your Tea Break with Kenneth Branagh
Ahead of The Entertainer‘s opening at the Garrick, relive five of Kenneth Branagh’s great performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
LET THERE BE LIGHT: Neil Austin
The lighting designer talks collaboration, storytelling and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged broadwayworld, colin callender, cursed child, donmar warehouse, found111, harry potter, harry potter and the cursed child, howard davies, john tiffany, lighting designer, michael grandage, mick gordon, national theatre, neil austin, peter hall, sonia friedman, the dazzle, west end
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BWW Interview: Matthew Lewis
Actor Matthew Lewis talks sex, intimacy and Unfaithful. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged broadwayworld, cursed child, escort, found111, harry potter, interview, love, matthew lewis, neville longbottom, Owen McCafferty, ripper street, romance, sex, theatre, unfaithful
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