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‘This is how loss feels’: how a Netflix animation about grief became a global phenomenon
One of the year’s most unlikely phenomena on the video-sharing app TikTok saw 50 million people – and counting – recording themselves crying while watching a 12-minute animation. Not since the heart-wrenching opening sequence of Up have viewers been so undone … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, animation, director, film, grief, If Anything Happens I Love You, interview, loss, Michael Govier, movie, netflix, oscar, school shooting, short film, telegraph, tiktok, Will McCormack, writer
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Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, Wyndham’s Theatre
For the premiere work of new company Elliott & Harper Productions, director Marianne Elliott got the Curious Incident band back together, from playwright Simon Stephens to her acclaimed creative team. But it’s in service of a much more intimate piece that – while strikingly staged … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anne-marie duff, broadwayworld, grief, heisenberg, kenneth cranham, london, loss, marianne elliott, physics, review, romance, romcom, simon stephens, theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Rabbit Hole, Hampstead Theatre
The death of a child is an unnatural loss. There’s no reassurance that the departed lived a full life, rather the jagged edge of one cut short. In the case of Becca and Howie, it’s also nonsensical: their perfectly healthy … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged america, bereavement, child, christian, claire skinner, david lindsay-abaire, death, drama, edward hall, faith, good people, grief, hampstead theatre, london, loss, marriage, oscar, parent, play, pulitzer, rabbit hole, religion, review, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tom goodman-hill, tony award
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The Winter’s Tale, Harlequinade/All On Her Own, Garrick Theatre
What exactly is the level of Kenneth Branagh’s self-awareness? He’s certainly conscious of inviting comparison with Olivier once again by presenting a year-long season of plays at the refurbished Garrick under the auspices of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company – … Continue reading
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Tagged all on her own, backstage, christmas, comedy, company, daughter, death, drama, exit pursued by a bear, family, father, garrick theatre, grief, harlequinade, husband, jessie buckley, judi dench, kenneth branagh, kiss me kate, london, loss, noises off, nutcracker, olivier, play, rattigan, rep, review, rob ashford, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, the arts desk, the winters tale, theartsdesk, theatre, west end, widow, wife, zoe wanamaker
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Shattering soliloquy of grief and isolation
The anticipated union of in-vogue director Ivo van Hove and playwright Simon Stephens at theatrical hotspot the Young Vic is surprisingly low-key, but this 75-minute monologue lingers long after the event. Read my full Ham & High review of Song from Far Away … Continue reading
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Tagged amsterdam, brother, death, drama, Eelco Smits, family, grief, ham and high, holland, ivo van hove, london, loss, mark eitzel, monologue, music, new york, review, simon stephens, sing, song, song from far away, theatre, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, young vic
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Song from Far Away, Young Vic
“My brother died.” That’s the reality New York-based banker Willem struggles to inhabit when he returns to his estranged family in Amsterdam. There is no sense in Pauli’s loss – a sudden heart attack at 20, cradled by a stranger … Continue reading
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Tagged america, amsterdam, brother, death, died, drama, dutch, Eelco Smits, family, father, grief, holland, ivo van hove, loss, mark eitzel, monologue, mother, music, new york, play, review, simon stephens, song, song from far away, theatre, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, young vic
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Constellations, Trafalgar Studios
Life, the universe and everything… in 70 minutes. You certainly can’t fault Nick Payne’s ambition, nor help but admire the dazzling inventiveness of his theoretical physics romcom with a side helping of artisanal beekeeping. Read my full theartsdesk review here
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, constellations, dating, death, drama, fate, free will, grief, honey, if/then, joe armstrong, life, london, loss, louise brealey, love, marriage, michael longhurst, multiverse, nick payne, parallel universe, physics, play, predestination, quantum, review, romance, romcom, royal court, science, sherlock, sliding doors, space, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tom scutt, trafalgar studios, universe, west end
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An Oak Tree, National Theatre
The play I have just seen is not the play you will see. Of course, one of the draws of live performance is that no two nights are the same, but that idea is taken to a mesmerising extreme in … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, actor, an oak tree, anniversary, art, artist, conceptual, conor lovett, dad, daugther, death, die, drama, father, grief, guest, hypnosis, hypnotist, loss, magic, michael craig-martin, national theatre, performance, play, power, review, stage, suggestion, text, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tim crouch, transformation
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The Father, Tricycle Theatre
André is losing time. It’s not just his perennially mislaid watch, but whole hours, weeks, years. Is he still living in his Paris flat, or did he move in with his daughter Anne? Is she married, divorced, leaving the country … Continue reading
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Tagged alzheimers, award, bath, care, carer, child, christopher hampton, claire skinner, dad, daughter, dementia, drama, father, five star, flat, florian zeller, france, grief, ill, kenneth cranham, king lear, lear, london, loss, memory, moliere, nurse, paris, pinter, play, review, sick, the arts desk, the father, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre
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