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Tag Archives: laura carmichael
Private Lives, Donmar Warehouse
This darker take on Noël Coward’s warring exes is fascinating but flawed. Read my full London Theatre review here
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Tagged comedy, donmar warehouse, laura carmichael, london, london theatre, marriage, noel coward, play, rachael stirling, review, stephen mangan, theatre
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Apologia, Trafalgar Studios
Back in 2009, Alexi Kaye Campbell followed up his bold first play The Pride with Apologia, which takes the well-trodden path of a fraught family reunion where past grievances stalk the present. If more conventional, it’s still an enjoyable combination of big ideas, sharp … Continue reading
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Tagged alexi kaye campbell, america, american, apologia, baby boomer, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap, child, family, feminist, freema agyeman, jamie lloyd, laura carmichael, liberal, london, mother, obama, politics, protest, review, sixties, socialist, son, stockard channing, ticket deal, ticket discount, trafalgar studios, trump, west end
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Apologia leads August’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry drama to musical revivals and family-friendly fun. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged 13 the musical, against, almeida theatre, ambassadors theatre, andrew lloyd webber, apologia, august, ben whishaw, book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, cheap, children, david walliams, discount, donmar warehouse, drama, emma hatton, evita, family, freema agyeman, gangsta granny, garrick theatre, globe, holiday, horrible histories, jason robert brown, jesus christ superstar, kids, king lear, knives in hens, late company, laura carmichael, london, musical, national theatre, phoenix theatre, play, politics, referendum, regents park open air, rob drummond, shakespeare, stockard channing, summer, the majority, theatre, ticket deal, trafalgar studios, trump, vote, west end
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BWW Interview: Freema Agyeman
The actress talks Doctor Who, Sense8 and making her West End debut in Apologia. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged activist, actress, alexi kaye campbell, apologia, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, child, discount, diversity, doctor who, female, feminism, feminist, freema agyeman, gay, interview, jamie lloyd, jodie whittaker, laura carmichael, lesbian, lgbtq, liberal, london, mother, netflix, parent, politics, radical, sci fi, sense8, sexuality, son, stage, stockard channing, the doctor, theatre, ticket deal, torchwood, transgender, tv, wachowski, west end
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Stylish, witty and lurid tale
In 1933, French society was rocked by Christine and Léa Papin’s brutal murder of their employer. The incident loosely inspired Jean Genet’s 1947 play, which uses that power struggle to starkly challenge identity constructs. Jamie Lloyd’s suitably unflinching revival benefits … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew upton, class, drama, gender, ham and high, jamie lloyd, jean genet, laura carmichael, london, maid, murder, play, review, servant, sister, the maids, theatre, trafalgar studios, uzo aduba, west end, zawe ashton
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The Maids, Trafalgar Studios
“Murder is hilarious,” quips Zawe Ashton’s scheming maid, and in Jamie Lloyd’s high-octane, queasily comic revival of Jean Genet’s radical 1947 play, it really is. It’s also lurid, strange, bleak and powerfully transcendent, as befits a piece that locates hunger … Continue reading
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Tagged class, crime, downton abbey, drama, existentialist, gender, jamie lloyd, jean genet, laura carmichael, london, maid, murder, play, race, review, sex, sisters, the arts desk, the maids, theartsdesk, theatre, trafalgar studios, uzo aduba, west end
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