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Tag Archives: hollywood
BWW Interview: Doon Mackichan
The actress discusses David Mamet’s new play Bitter Wheat. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bitter wheat, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, comedy, david mamet, Doon Mackichan, drama, garrick theatre, harvey weinstein, hollywood, john malkovich, justice, london, mamet, metoo, play, power, sex addiction, sexual abuse, smack the pony, ticket deal, trial, victim, visit london, 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
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
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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Movers and Shakers
Three leading practitioners discuss the thriving field of movement direction. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alexandra reynolds, brad pitt, dance, dancing, drama, eddie redmayne, fantastic beasts and where to find them, fatherland, film, frantic assembly, headlong, hollywood, movement, movement direction, movement director, movie, national theatre, people places and things, play, polly bennett, rsc, salome, scott graham, stage, stephen hoggett, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, the danish girl, the mummy, the theory of everything, theatre, tom cruise, world war z
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The Kid Stays in the Picture, Royal Court
While An American in Paris captures the dreamy glamour of old Hollywood, Simon McBurney rivetingly evokes its seedy, cynical underbelly, from backroom deals to drug busts and mobsters. Yet it is, in its own way, just as dazzling – a … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged ali macgraw, broadwayworld, chinatown, danny huston, film, hollywood, london, love story, movie, review, robert evans, royal court, simon mcburney, the godfather, the kid stays in the picture, theatre
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Pick of the Week
A new Coen caper, Hermione’s directing debut, ENO’s strike battle, and revolution in the music industry. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here
Posted in Art, Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged adaptation, akram khan, anomalisa, anthony trollope, art, botticelli, Carla Marie Williams, Charlie Kaufman, chorus, cinema, coen brothers, coming up, dance, doctor thorne, donmar, drama, eno, exhibition, film, gallery, george clooney, hail caesar, harry potter and the cursed child, hermione, hollywood, i see you, itv, julian fellowes, movie, music industry, newsletter, Noma Dumezweni, opera, oscars, painter, Philip Glass, pick of the week, play, review, royal court, sadlers wells, strike, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, v&a, welcome home captain fox
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Orson’s Shadow, Southwark Playhouse
The latest transatlantic transfer is curiously esoteric, concerning as it does an obscure period in the lives of two great men: Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles. The centenary of the latter’s birth makes this an apt moment for the European … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actor, austin pendleton, backstage, celebrity, chicago, citizen kane, critic, director, drama, falstaff, film, gone with the wind, history, hollywood, ionesco, joan plowright, kenneth tynan, laurence olivier, london, movie, new york, off broadway, orson welles, orsons shadow, play, review, rhinoceros, royal court, shakespeare, southwark playhouse, stage, star, steppenwolf, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, vivien leigh, wesker
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The Glass Protégé, Park Theatre
Hollywood has never met a cliché it didn’t love; unfortunately, neither has Dylan Costello. His peek behind the curtain of Tinseltown’s Golden Age employs every stock type imaginable, from the boorish, chain-smoking manager to a pill-popping Marilyn-lite. It’s a play … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1940s, actor, actress, all about eve, city of angels, contract, drama, east germany, edward r murrow, film, forties, gay, golden age, hollywood, hollywoodland, homophobia, homosexual, journalist, la, london, los angeles, love, mamet, marilyn monroe, marriage, matinee idol, movie, movie star, noel coward, north london, park theatre, play, review, rita skeeter, romance, silver screen, studio, the glass protege, theatre
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Sentiment snowdrift, Strictly surprises and 2015 preview
My articles in the January issue of Dance Today, out now: Snowed under The saccharine sentiment of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre is downright suffocating Strictly surprises Following another series of Strictly celebrities being saddled with the “dark horse” mantle, my top five genuinely surprising contestants Stepping … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged adelphi theatre, ballroom, book, broadway, cats, celebrity, competition, damn yankees, dance, dance today, dancing, dark horse, dominion theatre, film, gillian lynne, hollywood, irving berlin, landor theatre, latin, london, made in dagenham, magazine, movie, movie musical, musical, preview, review, salsa, same sex ballroom, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, west end, white christmas
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