Tag Archives: lee hall

Network, National Theatre

Posted on November 14, 2017 by mkmswain

News as showbiz, entire networks and even a reality TV President fuelled by articulating popular rage, and gradual corporate dehumanisation: we are now living Paddy Chayefsky’s satirical dystopia. Lee Hall’s astute adaptation recognises that the 1976 movie needs little updating … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged adaptation, anger, book tickets, broadwayworld, bryan cranston, entertainment, ivo van hove, lee hall, london, media, michelle dockery, national theatre, network, news, politics, populist, review, screen, smartphone, television, theatre, trump, tv, visit london | Leave a comment

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Duke of York’s Theatre

Posted on May 16, 2017 by mkmswain

Sacred and profane, trivial and profound blissfully combine in this irresistible, Olivier Award-winning tale of choirgirls gone wild. Lee Hall, of Billy Elliot fame, adapts Alan Warner’s 1998 novel with a similarly shrewd grasp of youthful hope amidst challenging circumstances, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged catholic, choir, comedy, duke of yorks theatre, edinburgh, elo, girls, lee hall, london, musical, oban, our ladies of perpetual succour, play, review, school, scotland, singing, teenagers, theartsdesk, theatre, vicky featherstone, west end | 1 Comment

Woyzeck leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on May 2, 2017 by mkmswain

From new takes on Brecht and Büchner to Jez Butterworth’s latest and a classic musical. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged best, book tickets, brecht, comedy, danny mac, donmar warehouse, duke of yorks theatre, felicity kendal, hampstead theatre, hitler, jack thorne, jez butterworth, joe wright, john boyega, lee hall, lenny henry, lettice and lovage, life of galileo, london, maureen lipman, may, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, occupational hazards, old vic, on the town, our ladies of perpetual succour, play, regents park, royal court, salome, sam mendes, star wars, the ferryman, the resistible rise of arturo ui, theatre, ticket deal, top 10, trevor nunn, trump, west end, woyzeck, young vic | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Dawn Sievewright

Posted on April 30, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress discusses the West End transfer of hit show Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alan warner, broadwayworld, choir, dawn sievewright, edinburgh, girls, interview, lee hall, music, our ladies of perpetual succour, scotland, singing, teenager, vicky featherstone, west end | Leave a comment

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre

Posted on August 11, 2016 by mkmswain

“This is our show,” proclaims one of the musically angelic but devilishly foul-mouthed convent schoolgirls descending on Edinburgh for a choir competition. And by God it is. A cracking ensemble of six plays the vividly drawn gang, as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alan warner, broadwayworld, catholic, choir, coming of age, convent, edinburgh, electric light orchestra, girl, lee hall, martin lowe, music, national theatre, our ladies of perpetual succour, play, review, school, scotland, sex, singing, song, teenager, the sopranos, theatre, vicky featherstone | Leave a comment

Groundhog Day Leads August’s Top 10 New London Shows

Posted on July 25, 2016 by mkmswain

From Tim Minchin’s latest musical adaptation and Shakespeare in a department store to a highly anticipated Branagh performance. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 946, allegro, almeida theatre, ambassadors theatre, august, best, billie piper, broadwayworld, children, family, found111, garrick theatre, groundhog day, kenneth branagh, kids, kneehigh, lee hall, london, matthew lewis, michael morpurgo, much ado about nothing, musical, national theatre, old vic, our ladies of perpetual succour, rodgers and hammerstein, selfridges, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, southwark playhouse, summer, the entertainer, the secret garden, they drink it in the congo, thom southerland, tim minchin, top 10, unfaithful, west end, yerma, young vic | Leave a comment

The Bard reborn

Posted on July 23, 2014 by mkmswain

Shall I compare thee to the Oscar-winning movie? It’s an inescapable association, but one this new stage version embraces wholeheartedly, with faithful re-creations of beloved scenes and the majority of Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s ingenious screenplay retained. Yet unlike … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged academy award, bargain theatreland, cheek by jowl, christopher marlowe, declan donnellan, drama, elizabethan, film, gwyneth paltrow, jane gibson, lee hall, london, movie, noel coward theatre, oscar, play, renaissance, review, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, shakespeare in love, sonia friedman, stage, theatre, tom stoppard, west end, will shakespeare | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: lee hall

Network, National Theatre

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Duke of York’s Theatre

Woyzeck leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

BWW Interview: Dawn Sievewright

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre

Groundhog Day Leads August’s Top 10 New London Shows

The Bard reborn

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