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Bad Sisters review
Great villain but gone is the Sharon Horgan we know and love. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, TV
Tagged apple tv, bad sisters, comedy, drama, family, ireland, irish, murder, review, sharon horgan, telegraph, tv
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Translations, National Theatre
It begins with deep breathing, in order to access words that hold unimaginable power. And Ian Rickson’s exquisite production of Brian Friel’s masterpiece maintains that space throughout: for words to breathe and simmer, to hang in the air, and for us to … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, brexit, brian friel, broadwayworld, ciaran hinds, colin morgan, gaelic, ian rickson, ireland, irish, language, london, national theatre, review, theatre, translations, troubles, visit london
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child leads July’s Top 10 new London shows
From a magical mega-hit and eye-catching musical revivals to plays with strong social resonance. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, beverley knight, book tickets, breakfast at tiffanys, broadwayworld, dominion theatre, easter rising, harry potter, harry potter and the cursed child, into the woods, ireland, jesus christ superstar, jk rowling, july, london, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, neil labute, palace theatre, park theatre, pixie lott, queens of syria, refugees, regents park, richard o'brien, rocky horror, rotterdam, sean o'casey, some girls, sondheim, st james theatre, the bodyguard, the plough and the stars, the stripper, theatre, trafalgar studios, west end, young vic
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The Man in the Woman’s Shoes, Tricycle Theatre
Where else can you find a spot-on impression of a dog who thinks she’s a cockerel? That’s just one member of the menagerie conjured by the extraordinary Mikel Murfi, who also summons chickens, bees, seagulls, pigs, sheep and a dying … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged church, drama, ham and high, ireland, irish, london, love, Mikel Murfi, play, review, rural, seventies, sligo, the man in the womans shoes, theatre, tricycle theatre
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
It’s almost worth having bonkers Strictly theme shows just to make us really appreciate the relative sanity of a non-theme show. Well, almost. We’re into “I keep whacking myself with a hammer because it feels so good when I stop” … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged 1980s, american smooth, anton du beke, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, competition, dance, dance today, dancing, daniel o'donnell, elimination, gleb, ireland, irish, jay mcguiness, katie derham, kirsty gallacher, latin, leaderboard, music, paso doble, peter andre, quickstep, recap, review, scd, score, strictly, strictly come dancing, tv, u2, viennese waltz, will young
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Jezebel, Soho Theatre
If comedy is tragedy plus time, either too much has elapsed since the fictional events of Jezebel, or not quite enough. Newcomer Mark Cantan’s uneven screwball pitting a methodical couple against a scatter-brained opposite, with wacky misunderstandings aplenty, lacks the … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, design for living, farce, friends, ireland, irish, jezebel, london, mark cantan, noel coward, play, review, sex, sitcom, soho, soho theatre, theatre, threes company, threesome
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Extra time
The creators of The Beautiful Game have no truck with subtext. If there’s a point to be made, they will make it, in firm dialogue, in overt lyrics, and then in dialogue again, just to be sure. That leaves us in no doubt … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew lloyd webber, bbc, belfast, ben elton, drama, football, footie, i'd do anything, ira, ireland, irish, london, lotte wakeham, michael d higgins, musical, nancy, niamh perry, northern ireland, oliver!, play, prison, review, riverdance, soccer, the beautiful game, the troubles, theatre, union theatre, war, west side story
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