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Tag Archives: national theatre
Follies, National Theatre
Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s 1971 musical finally gets the outing it deserves in Dominic Cooke’s blockbuster revival – with a 37-strong cast and full orchestra. Follies isn’t just “still here”, it’s thrilling, heartrending, spectacular. Read my full Ham & High review … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged dominic cooke, follies, ham and high, imelda staunton, janie dee, london, musical, national theatre, review, stephen sondheim, west end
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Follies leads September’s Top 10 new London shows
From starry Sondheim to political plays and the return of Florian Zeller. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged aida, arts theatre, beckett, bertie carvel, book tickets, boudica, broadwayworld, charing cross theatre, cheap tickets, clarke peters, comedy, discount, drama, dukes of yorks theatre, eno, five guys named moe, florian zeller, follies, gina mckee, harold pinter theatre, imelda staunton, ink, jack rosenthal, james graham, jazz, labour of love, london, london coliseum, lydia leonard, marble arch theatre, martin freeman, maureen lipman, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, noel coward theatre, opera, oslo, phelim mcdermott, play, rupert murdoch, sale, samatha bond, sarah lancashire, save, shakespeares globe, sondheim, the knowledge, the lie, The Sun, theatre, ticket deal, toby stephens, tony award, top 10, verdi, waiting for godot, west end
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Apologia leads August’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry drama to musical revivals and family-friendly fun. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
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Movers and Shakers
Three leading practitioners discuss the thriving field of movement direction. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alexandra reynolds, brad pitt, dance, dancing, drama, eddie redmayne, fantastic beasts and where to find them, fatherland, film, frantic assembly, headlong, hollywood, movement, movement direction, movement director, movie, national theatre, people places and things, play, polly bennett, rsc, salome, scott graham, stage, stephen hoggett, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, the danish girl, the mummy, the theory of everything, theatre, tom cruise, world war z
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Mosquitoes, National Theatre
In the immediate, heartbroken aftermath of the EU Referendum, I had some very uncharitable thoughts about the right to vote. Perhaps it should involve some kind of IQ test, or at least a demonstrable ability to tell the difference between … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged belief, brexit, broadwayworld, child, eu, experts, faith, family, international, internet, large hadron collider, london, lucy kirkwood, metropolitan elite, mosquitoes, mother, national theatre, olivia colman, olivia williams, parent, physics, quaker, referendum, review, rufus norris, science, stupid, teenager, theatre, trump
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Grand Designs
Set designer Bunny Christie talks Curious Incident, People, Places & Things and Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female Shakespeare Trilogy. Read my full Oryx magazine interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged all female, backstage, bunny christie, design, designer, donmar warehouse, drama, ink, julius caear, kings cross theatre, london, national theatre, oryx magazine, people places and things, phyllida lloyd, play, set designer, shakespeare, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, theatre
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Common, National Theatre
It’s entirely possible that there will one day be a fascinating Heart of Darkness-esque documentary about the making of Common. We can only hope, because the creation of something so extraordinary, so wilfully bewildering, on the National’s biggest stage is … Continue reading
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Tagged anne-marie duff, broadwayworld, common, cush jumbo, dc moore, jeremy herrin, john dagleish, london, national theatre, review, theatre
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