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Gene Kelly, Marilyn Monroe and the hot dogs, and me
As Scottish Ballet restage his love letter to the art form he adored, his widow Patricia Ward Kelly talks about life with the dance star. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged dancing, gene kelly, interview, marilyn monroe, pas de dieux, patricia ward kelly, scottish ballet, singin in the rain, starstruck, telegraph
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Ben Platt on the Dear Evan Hansen trailer backlash: ‘It was a shellshock moment’
Playing a chronically anxious teenager in the hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen made American actor Ben Platt a household name, winning him Tony, Emmy and Grammy Awards – one off the fabled ‘EGOT’. Read my full Telegraph interview here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged album, ben platt, broadway, dear evan hansen, film, gay, interview, movie, musical, reverie, telegraph, the politican, theatre, trailer
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Debra Winger: ‘In some ways, MeToo has gone ridiculously too far’
Debra Winger, the Oscar-nominated actress who famously quit Hollywood, has a reputation for forthrightness – and she doesn’t disappoint. Read my full Telegraph interview here
Posted in Film, Journalism, TV
Tagged actress, an officer and a gentleman, debra winger, film, hollywood, interview, mr corman, telegraph, terms of endearment, tv
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The Play That Goes Wrong lives up to its name: how Tier 3 closed the last big theatre show standing
While the rest of British theatre was plunged into the doom and gloom of Tiers 3 or 4 before Christmas, miraculously, Theatre Royal Bath remained open. “Most of Somerset went into Tier 3 – somehow, Bath managed to stay in tier 2,” … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bath, comedy, farce christmas, interview, kenny wax, mischief, play, producer, somerset, telegraph, the play that goes wrong, theatre, tier 2, tier 3, tier change, tier system, tiers
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: ‘Theatres had to close, but the vaccine will make things dramatically better’
Andrew Lloyd Webber, who famously took part in a trial for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, was delighted to hear that it’s been approved for use in the UK. “It’s great news. I’m thrilled. Everybody was pretty optimistic about it earlier in the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, cinderella, composer, drama, interview, london, musical, oxford vaccine, play, telegraph, theatre, trial, vaccination, vaccine, west end
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Manchester theatre head: Easter warnings are ‘frightening’
“The big frustration is that it’s really difficult to find a logic in all of this,” says Roy Alexander Weise, joint artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, of the current situation facing his sector. Read my full … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged culture, interview, manchester, play, racism, Roy Alexander Weise, royal exchange, telegraph, theatre, tier 3, tier 4
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The West End panto forced to move to Easter – if it can survive
Is Easter the new Christmas? Producer James Seabright certainly hopes so. His Potted Panto, a best-bits of compendium of seven different pantomimes, opened and then closed prematurely in the West End when London was put into Tier 3. So, he’s … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged christmas, easter, interview, James Seabright, london, musical, panto, pantomime, potted panto, producer, telegraph, theatre, tier 3, tier 4, west end
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‘What does ‘Spring’ mean exactly?’: London’s theatre chief on Tier 4 purgatory
The recent swathe of theatre openings – and almost immediate closures – has knocked the confidence of many in the industry. How can you invest in a show when so many factors are out of your control? Read my full Telegraph interview … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 2021, comedy, easter, eleanor lloyd, government, interview, london, play, producer, solt, spring, telegraph, theatre, west end
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Edinburgh Fringe faces the future: why a 2021 cancellation would be a ‘national tragedy’
Looming on the horizon is a huge decision for the arts industry: whether or not to proceed with an in-person Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2021. The world’s largest arts festival, which in 2018 featured more than 55,000 performances of 3,548 shows in … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anthony alderson, cancelled, edinburgh, festival, fringe, interview, london, pleasance, telegraph, tier 3, tier 4, vaccine
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Park Theatre chief Jez Bond brands the Government’s strategy and Tier 4 ‘disastrous’
“It’s pretty disastrous.” That’s the view of Jez Bond, artistic director of London’s Park Theatre, of these last few weeks of Government decision-making, which have seen several regions plunged into first Tier 3 and then Tier 4 – meaning their theatres are … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged boris johnson, interview, jez bond, london, park theatre, play, telegraph, theatre, tier 4, tier system
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