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Lungs, Old Vic

Posted on October 22, 2019 by mkmswain

With Extinction Rebellion looming large in the capital, it’s canny programming to revive Duncan Macmillan’s 2011 play about a couple debating the merits of having a child – including fears about how introducing another person might impact the planet. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged baby, book tickets, broadwayworld, children, claire foy, climate change, doctor who, duncan macmillan, extinction rebellion, global warming, london, lungs, matt smith, matthew warchus, old vic, parent, play, review, the crown, theatre | Leave a comment

The Antipodes leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on September 24, 2019 by mkmswain

From Annie Baker to Ealing comedy and a royal reunion. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a day in the death of joe egg, almeida theatre, annie baker, arthur darvill, best, blank, book tickets, boulevard theatre, broadwayworld, charlie fink, claire foy, claire skinner, clean break, comedy, conleth hill, dave malloy, death of a salesman, doctor who, donmar warehouse, drama, ealing comedy, farce, garrick theatre, ghost quartet, groan ups, kara tointon, london, lungs, matt smith, meera syal, michael frayn, Mike Bartlett, mischief theatre, musical, national theatre, noises off, october, old vic, piccadilly theatre, play, samantha bond, sarah hadland, sharon d clark, stephen mangan, the antipodes, the crown, the man in the white suit, theatre, toby stephens, top 10, trafalgar studios, vassa, vaudeville theatre, visit london, wendell pierce, west end, wyndhams theatre | Leave a comment

Starry alumni, sharp satire and hope for the future in National Youth Theatre’s 60th celebrations

Posted on September 19, 2016 by mkmswain

Sixty years young, last night the National Youth Theatre celebrated its storied past, buoyant present and – with a heartfelt plea for more financial support – essential future in a star-studded diamond gala at Shaftesbury Theatre. Those NYT participants who … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 60th, arts council, bake off, barry rutter, bbc, britain, broadwayworld, conservative, daniel craig, diamond, doctor who, education, gala, gina mckee, grammar school, great british bake, helen mirren, hugh bonneville ian fletcher, james bond, james graham, jessica hynes, krishnan guru-murthy, matt lucas, matt smith, michael gove, national youth theatre, nichola mcauliffe, paul rosebey, shaftesbury theatre, shakespeare, siobhan sharpe, story of our youth, timothy dalton, tory, west end, youth | Leave a comment

Top 10 Plays Set In School

Posted on September 7, 2016 by mkmswain

Education, education, education – it’s an inescapable topic in theatre. Recent years have seen Future Conditional (kicking off Matthew Warchus’s Old Vic tenure), Matilda the Musical, The Brink, Kin, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, and, of course, Harry Potter and … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alan bennett, another country, best, boarding school, broadwayworld, bush theatre, child, colin firth, comprehensive, daisy pulls it off, daniel day-lewis, education, harry potter and the cursed child, james corden, jamie parker, john donnelly, john godber, julian mitchell, kenneth branagh, kid, lesbian, list, matilda, matt smith, musical, our ladies of perpetual succour, picks, play, public school, pupil, quartermaines terms, rattigan, rowan atkinson, Rupert Everett, school, simon gray, spring awakening, state school, teacher, teechers, the browning version, the childrens hour, the history boys, the knowledge, the prime of miss jean brodie, theatre, top 10 | Leave a comment

The war at home

Posted on November 16, 2013 by mkmswain

Back in 2007, Polly Stenham caused a furore with her debut play That Face. Not only did it mark a change of direction for the Royal Court by turning an unflinching gaze upon the upper-middle-class world familiar to many of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alcoholic, boarding school, doctor who, drama, Edward Albee, Eugene O’Neill, family, freud, landor theatre, london, matt smith, michael grandage, play, polly stenham, royal court, tennessee williams, that face, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

It takes four to tan-go

Posted on June 6, 2013 by mkmswain

Following hot on the (Cuban) heels of departing Doctor Who Matt Smith, this week saw the mass exodus from Strictly Come Dancing of long-standing and, in some cases, long-suffering professionals Erin Boag, Vincent Simone, Flavia Cacace and Aliona Vilani. Can the newbies possibly follow in … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged Aliona Vilani, anton du beke, artem, austin healey, ballroom, bbc, colin jackson, dance, dancing, doctor who, Erin Boag, Flavia Cacace, iveta lukosiute, janette manrara, julian clary, leaving, louis smith, louisa lytton, madonna, matt baker, Matt Di Angelo, matt smith, nancy dell'olio, pasha, pro, professional, rachel stevens, russell grant, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, the archers, tv, Vincent Simone | Leave a comment

The last (timey-wimey) waltz

Posted on June 2, 2013 by mkmswain

Is there something in the water? This weekend has seen a mass exodus from the BBC, with current Doctor Who Matt Smith and Strictly Come Dancing pros Vincent Simone, Flavia Cacace, Aliona Vilani and Erin Boag hanging up their sonic … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, TV | Tagged Aliona Vilani, aljaz skorjanec, bafta, ballroom, bbc, burn the floor, camilla dallerup, dance, dancing, dancing with the stars, david tennant, dirty dancing, doctor who, emma slater, Erin Boag, Flavia Cacace, game of thrones, glee, iveta lukosiute, janette manrara, leaving, len goodman, lewis, matt smith, morse, new, olivia colman, pro, professional, ryan gosling, salsa, skins, so you think you can dance, stephan mangan, strictly come dancing, the simpsons, tv, Vincent Simone | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: matt smith

Lungs, Old Vic

The Antipodes leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Starry alumni, sharp satire and hope for the future in National Youth Theatre’s 60th celebrations

The war at home

It takes four to tan-go

The last (timey-wimey) waltz

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