Tag Archives: hospital

I’m Not Running, National Theatre

Posted on October 10, 2018 by mkmswain

Britain’s foremost political playwright David Hare returns with a new play examining the current state of the Labour Party. Or not exactly – this is a world with no Brexit, no Corbyn, nothing, in fact, to anchor it to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alex hassell, book tickets, broadwayworld, campaign, David Hare, doctor, female leader, hospital, i'm not running, joshua mcguire, labour party, mp, national theatre, nhs, politician, politics, review, sian brooke, women | Leave a comment

Allelujah!, Bridge Theatre

Posted on July 20, 2018 by mkmswain

This highly anticipated new play from 84-year-old Alan Bennett premieres at the Bridge, continuing his long-standing relationship with Nicholas Hytner. It’s an exciting get, and there are wonderful flashes of Bennett wit, wisdom and stirring empathy, but also polemical outbursts and baggy … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alan bennett, allelujah, book tickets, brexit, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, elderly, geriatric, government, hospital, london, nhs, nicholas hytner, patient, play, review, samuel barnett, theatre, yorkshire | Leave a comment

Wings, Young Vic

Posted on September 20, 2017 by mkmswain

Emily Stilson (Juliet Stevenson) is suspended in a void. She analyses this strange situation with wry perspicacity and occasional breathless panic. She’s a prisoner, a specimen. She’s fallen, trapped. She’s flying. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged aphasia, arthur kopit, book tickets, broadwayworld, flying, hospital, juliet stevenson, london, Natalie Abrahami, pilot, review, stroke, theatre, wing walker, wings, young vic | Leave a comment

A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer, National Theatre

Posted on October 20, 2016 by mkmswain

How do you make a musical about cancer? This latest work from Bryony Kimmings isn’t just theatre, but metatheatre. Her voiceovers and the emails published in the programme detail the at times highly personal development process, and a gut punch … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged A Pacifists Guide to the War on Cancer, brian lobel, broadwayworld, bryony kimmings, cancer, child, hospital, ill, musical, national theatre, parent, review, sick, song, tom parkinson | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Brian Lobel

Posted on September 12, 2016 by mkmswain

Performance artist Brian Lobel has spent 12 years creating innovative work out of difficult personal experiences and tough topics. He’s now joined forces with Bryony Kimmings and Complicite to create the highly anticipated new musical A Pacifist’s Guide to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged A Pacifists Guide to the War on Cancer, audre lorde, brian lobel, broadwayworld, cancer, complicite, exeter northcott, home manchester, hospital, illness, interview, music, musical, national theatre, nhs, patient, performance art, sick, singing, susan sontag, theatre | Leave a comment

Listed: The 100 Funniest Things about Downton Abbey

Posted on October 24, 2015 by mkmswain

As the series draws to a close, we list its mostly unintentional hilarity, from the entail and the Turkish corpse to the death-by-political-correctness of Isis the dog. Read the full theartsdesk article here

Posted in Journalism, TV | Tagged 100 funniest things, alien, america, american, anna, aristocracy, bates, blackmail, branson, butler, carson, change, child, children, class, daisy, death, doctor, dog, dowager countess, downstairs, downton, downton abbey, drama, entail, first world war, funniest, funny, his lordship, history, hospital, hugh bonneville, irish, isis, isobel, itv, julian fellowes, lady, lady edith, lady mary, last series, lord, lord grantham, love, maggie smith, maid, matthew, miscarriage, mr pamuk, mrs hughes, murder, period, pigs, review, romance, servant, sex, soap, soap opera, sybil, television, the queen, thomas, titanic, turk, turkish, tv, upstairs, war, ww1 | Leave a comment

Downton Abbey, ITV: Alien vs. Dowager

Posted on October 18, 2015 by mkmswain

It’s been the most heavily signposted illness in drama history. A twinge here. An “Oof” there. Chekhov’s roiling guts. And tonight, His Lordship’s mystery complaint finally took centre stage, in a scene that led one to wonder exactly how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, TV | Tagged alien, blood, downton, downton abbey, film, gothic, horror, hospital, hugh bonneville, illness, itv, john hurt, movie, neville chamberlain, review, shocking, sick, the arts desk, theartsdesk, tv | 1 Comment

Savile victims honoured in chilling story

Posted on June 19, 2015 by mkmswain

How did he get away with it? That’s the question Jonathan Maitland’s controversial new play addresses, juxtaposing national treasure Sir Jimmy Savile, feted by monarchs, prime ministers and cardinals, with the thuggish serial abuser. Savile’s cheeky asides – the knighthood … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abuse, alistair mcgowan, an audience with jimmy savile, bbc, catholic, charity, child, child protection, children, crime, doctor, drama, hospital, islington gazette, jimmy savile, jonathan maitland, journalist, knighthood, law, lawyer, legal, london, media, nurse, operation yewtree, paedophile, park theatre, play, police, politician, rape, rapist, review, savile, theatre, trial, victims | Leave a comment

An Audience With Jimmy Savile, Park Theatre

Posted on June 12, 2015 by mkmswain

Seldom has there been such impassioned debate about whether a play has a right to exist. Writer Jonathan Maitland faced a barrage of criticism, with many accusing him of exploitation; others felt it was too soon for freshly unveiled horror … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abuse, alistair mcgowan, an audience with jimmy savile, bbc, catholic, child, child protection, children, crime, doctor, drama, hospital, jimmy savile, jonathan maitland, knighthood, law, lawyer, legal, london, measure for measure, nurse, operation yewtree, paedophile, park theatre, play, police, politician, rape, raped, ray teret, review, savile, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, this is your life, trial, tv, victim, victims | Leave a comment

Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Posted on May 22, 2015 by mkmswain

“All children, except one, grow up.” So begins J. M. Barrie’s iconic tale of arrested development, given new power and poignancy in this high-flying production. A century after one of Barrie’s youthful collaborators, George Llewelyn Davies, was killed at Ypres, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged battle, bedtime story, book, boy, captain hook, child, childhood, children, clock, crocodile, fairy tale, fight, first world war, flies, fly, flying, great war, hospital, i do believe in fairies, j m barrie, jolly roger, lost boys, mermaid, mother, mum, music, never grow up, never land, nurse, open air theatre, park, peter pan, pirate, puppet, read, regents park, sing, smee, soldier, song, story, the front, timothy sheader, tinker bell, to die would be an awfully big adventure, war, wendy, world war one, youth, ypres | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: hospital

I’m Not Running, National Theatre

Allelujah!, Bridge Theatre

Wings, Young Vic

A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer, National Theatre

BWW Interview: Brian Lobel

Listed: The 100 Funniest Things about Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey, ITV: Alien vs. Dowager

Savile victims honoured in chilling story

An Audience With Jimmy Savile, Park Theatre

Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

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