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Moulin Rouge! Leads January’s Top 10 New London Shows
From a spectacular jukebox musical to a Caryl Churchill revival and Florence Nightingale-inspired ballet. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged ballet, book tickets, broadwayworld, dance, dancing, drama, hamlet, hex, january, london, moulin rouge, musical, national theatre, play, review, theatre, top 10, west end
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Best of Enemies, Young Vic
Could any political play top the current seething drama in Westminster? Perhaps not, but James Graham’s latest is another fascinating slice of history that feels all too pertinent. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abc, america, debate, democrat, drama, gore vidal, headlong, history, james baldwin, james graham, jeremy herrin, london, london theatre, play, political, politics, republican, review, theatre, tv, william f buckley, young vic
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The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre
Phillip Pullman’s tricky prequel struggles to find magic. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, book, book of dust, bridge theatre, his dark materials, la belle sauvage, london, london theatre, nicholas hytner, novel, philip pullman, play, review, theatre
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Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre
A teenage boy adrift at sea for 227 days with only a Royal Bengal tiger for company? Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning philosophical novel Life of Pi is the ultimate adaptation challenge. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged drama, life of pi, london, play, puppets, review, theatre, tiger, west end, wyndhams theatre, yann martel
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Aladdin, Lyric Hammersmith
The traditional curtain-raiser for theatre’s festive season sacrifices pantomime silliness for painful political gags. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged aladdin, boris johnson, london, lyric hammersmith, panto, pantomime, play, review, telegraph, theatre
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The Drifters Girl, Garrick Theatre
It’s a crying shame that we don’t have more showcase roles in musical theatre for blazing talent like soul queen Beverley Knight, and if nothing else, this new show supplies one. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged beverley knight, faye treadwell, garrick theatre, london, london theatre, musical, review, the drifters, theatre, west end
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Four Quartets, Harold Pinter Theatre
TS Eliot’s dense, sprawling, four-poem cycle exploring time, faith, mortality, history, love, and everything in between doesn’t exactly scream commercial theatre. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged drama, harold pinter theatre, london, london theatre, play, poem, poetry, ralph fiennes, review, theatre, ts eliot, west end
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A Christmas Carol, Old Vic
Matthew Warchus’s Dickensian charmer is back at the Old Vic for a fifth year. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a christmas carol, christmas, dickens, drama, jack thorne, london, old vic, play, review, scrooge, stephen mangan, telegraph, theatre
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Manor, National Theatre
Moira Buffini’s state-of-the-nation play is pegged to that irresistible trope: the dark and stormy night, with a group of strangers forced to seek shelter in a spooky manor house. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged drama, london, london theatre, manor, moira buffini, national theatre, play, review, shaun evans, theatre
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