-
Recent Posts
Tags
Archives
-
Follow me on Twitter
- PHEW #happyvalley https://t.co/afkTxiJsoD 8 hours ago
- That, folks, is sticking the fucking landing #happyvalley 8 hours ago
- 'I think I might have singed one of your crochet blankets' 👏 #happyvalley 8 hours ago
Links
Tag Archives: lee hall
Network, National Theatre
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
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
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
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
“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
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
MARIANKA SWAIN ~ WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW 