-
Recent Posts
- The Play That Goes Wrong lives up to its name: how Tier 3 closed the last big theatre show standing
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: ‘Theatres had to close, but the vaccine will make things dramatically better’
- Dull girl power speeches and wild sex do not make Bridgerton a feminist triumph
- Best dance in 2021
- Manchester theatre head: Easter warnings are ‘frightening’
Tags
Archives
Follow me on Twitter
- RT @RandyRainbow: You didn't think I'd send him off without my own departure ceremony, did you? 👋🏻🌈🎶 #SeasonsOfTrump https://t.co/hEI276wISC 4 hours ago
- NOT impressed with @bt_uk. Now five days that my parents (one shielding and vulnerable) have been stuck without bro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 hours ago
- Allowing vaccinated older Britons back to theatres is a dangerous idea telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-t… 8 hours ago
Links
Tag Archives: james graham
Bubble, Nottingham Playhouse Online
James Graham, our go-to chronicler of modern history, follows up his dramatisations of Brexit, coalition government and the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? cheating scandal with this swift appraisal of Covid-19 lockdown. Set in his home county, it’s performed for … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bubble, comedy, coronavirus, covid, james graham, jessica raine, live stream, live streaming, lockdown, nottingham playhouse, pearl mackie, play, review, streaming, the i paper, theatre
Leave a comment
The Haystack, Hampstead Theatre
With counter-terrorism an urgent concern – and specifically how best to find, track and use the data of suspected threats, without sacrificing our privacy and civil liberties – it’s excellent timing for a meaty drama about the surveillance state. And the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged al blyth, counter terrorism, data, edward snowden, free press, gchq, government, guardian, hacking, hampstead theatre, james graham, journalist, london, mass data collection, media, nsa, play, press, privacy, review, roxana silbert, security, security services, source, spy, state, surveillance, terrorism, terrorist, the haystack, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, whistleblower
Leave a comment
Labour of Love, Noel Coward Theatre
With This House enjoying an acclaimed revival last year, and Almeida hit Ink now situated just metres away from new offering Labour of Love on St Martin’s Lane, the West End currently belongs to the fantastically prolific playwright James Graham. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, dancing, deal, discount, ed balls, election, james graham, jeremy corbyn, jeremy herrin, labour of love, labour party, martin freeman, mp, noel coward theatre, play, politics, review, sale, save, strictly come dancing, tamsin greig, theatre, tony blair, west end
Leave a comment
Follies leads September’s Top 10 new London shows
From starry Sondheim to political plays and the return of Florian Zeller. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged aida, arts theatre, beckett, bertie carvel, book tickets, boudica, broadwayworld, charing cross theatre, cheap tickets, clarke peters, comedy, discount, drama, dukes of yorks theatre, eno, five guys named moe, florian zeller, follies, gina mckee, harold pinter theatre, imelda staunton, ink, jack rosenthal, james graham, jazz, labour of love, london, london coliseum, lydia leonard, marble arch theatre, martin freeman, maureen lipman, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, noel coward theatre, opera, oslo, phelim mcdermott, play, rupert murdoch, sale, samatha bond, sarah lancashire, save, shakespeares globe, sondheim, the knowledge, the lie, The Sun, theatre, ticket deal, toby stephens, tony award, top 10, verdi, waiting for godot, west end
Leave a comment
Ink, Almeida Theatre
James Graham’s portrait of Seventies politics, This House, recently enjoyed a West End outing, and his latest epic venture into Britain’s past may well follow suit. If slightly weighed down by detailed research, it’s still a riveting depiction of the birth … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged almeida theatre, bertie carvel, broadwayworld, ink, james graham, journalist, larry lamb, newspaper, page 3, review, rupert goold, rupert murdoch, sex, tabloid, The Sun
Leave a comment
LET THERE BE LIGHT: Lighting Designer James Farncombe Talks Opera, LED and Experimentation
Our new series, LET THERE BE LIGHT, focuses on some of Britain’s best theatrical lightning designers. First up is James Farncombe, whose projects range from plays at venues like the Royal Court, Young Vic and Donmar Warehouse to a variety … Continue reading
