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The Watsons, Menier Chocolate Factory
Laura Wade isn’t the first to tackle Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, abandoned in 1805, but she is the only one so far to write herself, the struggling adaptor, into the text. This witty, ingenious and surprisingly philosophical play, which premiered … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, austen, book, broadwayworld, chichester festival theatre, Jane Austen, laura wade, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, novel, period drama, regency, review, romance, samuel west, the watsons, unfinished
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Once on This Island, Southwark Playhouse
As British summer really kicks in (umbrellas at the ready), our thoughts might turn fondly to the sunny Caribbean. Good timing, then, for the return of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 musical set in the French Antilles. Based on Rosa Guy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged antilles, british theatre academy, calypso, caribbean, class, colonialism, lee proud, london, love, musical, once on this island, race, review, romance, southwark playhouse, the little mermaid, theartsdesk
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The Bridges of Madison County, Menier Chocolate Factory
Robert James Waller’s bestselling, though critically panned, 1992 romance novel was reincarnated in the Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep-starring film, and then again in Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman’s Tony-winning 2013 musical – both adaptations wisely sloughing off some of the … Continue reading
Betrayal, Harold Pinter Theatre
The grand finale to Jamie Lloyd’s remarkable Pinter at the Pinter season is this starry production of one of the writer’s greatest – and certainly most personal – works, inspired by his extramarital affair with Joan Bakewell. The 1978 play is famous for … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, affair, betrayal, charlie cox, harold pinter theatre, jamie lloyd, london, love, marriage, pinter, review, theartsdesk, theatre, tom hiddleston, west end, zawe ashton
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The best theatre for Valentine’s Day
BroadwayWorld reviewers share their suggestions for romantic dates or a fun night out. Read the full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged best, broadwayworld, caroline or change, comedy, company, date, les miserables, london, love, musical, play, recommend, rocky horror, romance, romantic, sexy, show, six, songs for nobodies, the play that goes wrong, theatre, things to do, things to see, valentine, valentines day, west end, wild children
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Aspects of Love, Southwark Playhouse
“Love Changes Everything”, as immortalised by Michael Ball, is the most enduring feature of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Charles Hart’s 1989 musical – a moderate West End success, and a Broadway flop. Jonathan O’Boyle’s production, seen last year at Manchester’s Hope … Continue reading
Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory
There’s a welcome alternative to panto hijinks in this gem of a Trevor Nunn musical revival – more attuned to the biting hardships of winter, and to the elegiac aspect of change, than to festive jollies. Which is not to say that there … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andy nyman, dancing, daughter, faith, family, father, fiddler on the roof, if i were a rich man, immigrant, jew, jewish, judaism, judy kuhn, london, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, musical, religion, review, revolution, russia, singing, theartsdesk, theatre, tradition, trevor nunn, tsar
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Company, Gielgud Theatre
The most thrilling revivals reinvigorate a classic work, while revealing its fundamental soul anew. Marianne Elliott’s female-led, 21st-century take on George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical company Company makes a bold, inventive statement, but somehow also suggests this is how the … Continue reading
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Tagged being alive, company, family, gay, gender swap, gielgud theatre, jonathan bailey, kids, ladies who lunch, love, marianne elliott, marriage, mel giedroyc, musical, new york, patti lupone, review, romance, rosalie craig, sex, single, sondheim, theartsdesk, west end
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