Tag Archives: newspaper

Interview: Clare Barron talks Dance Nation

Posted on August 22, 2018 by mkmswain

The playwright discusses the UK premiere of her latest work at the Almeida Theatre. Read my full Islington Gazette interview here Advertisements

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adolescence, almeida theatre, clare barron, coming of age, competition, dance moms, dance nation, dance teacher, dance team, dancer, dancing, female, friendship, girl, interview, islington gazette, london, newspaper, north london, play, sexuality, theatre, uk premiere | Leave a comment

Ink, Almeida Theatre

Posted on June 28, 2017 by mkmswain

James Graham’s portrait of Seventies politics, This House, recently enjoyed a West End outing, and his latest epic venture into Britain’s past may well follow suit. If slightly weighed down by detailed research, it’s still a riveting depiction of the birth … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged almeida theatre, bertie carvel, broadwayworld, ink, james graham, journalist, larry lamb, newspaper, page 3, review, rupert goold, rupert murdoch, sex, tabloid, The Sun | Leave a comment

‘Good theatre should be provocative’

Posted on February 19, 2016 by mkmswain

Hand to God actress Jemima Rooper talks puppetry, repression and blind casting. Read my full Ham & High interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, ben ockrent, blind casting, drama, ham and high, hand to god, interview, Jemima Rooper, london, newspaper, play, puppet, religion, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end, women | Leave a comment

Obvious, unfunny satire finds nothing new on Brand furore

Posted on October 9, 2015 by mkmswain

Back in 2008, Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross prank-called Andrews Sachs, claiming Brand had slept with his granddaughter. Daniel Dingsdale’s debut Dark Tourism opens with a similar incident: two radio shock jocks, one a pale imitation of Brand, and a joke … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, celebrity, dark tourism, drama, ham and high, joke, jonathan ross, media, newspaper, nsfw, park theatre, play, pr, publicist, radio, rape, reality tv, revenge porn, review, russell brand, sex, tabloid, theatre, violence, x factor, xfm | Leave a comment

Clumsy look at Jewish Broadway history is toe-tapping nostalgia

Posted on September 5, 2015 by mkmswain

Lacking the shrewd lampooning instincts of Spamalot, from which it takes its name, revue You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews is a muddle: too solemn for satire, too grandiloquent for cabaret, and too fractured for musical … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged be our guest, broadway, cabaret, composer, dance, dancing, disney, dorothy, drama, gershwin, glee, gypsy, ham and high, irving berlin, jew, jewish, les miserables, lloyd webber, london, mama rose, monty python, musical, newspaper, over the rainbow, revue, sing, smash, sondheim, song, spamalot, st james theatre, the lady is a tramp, the wizard of oz, theatre, west end, You Won't Succeed On Broadway If You Don't Have Any Jews | Leave a comment

Skewering of tabloid excess packs an urgent topicality

Posted on May 1, 2015 by mkmswain

Morris Honeyspoon is a monster. In editorial conference, he halts objections with a blast of his air horn, and when a puppyish staffer challenges his blanket anti-immigration policy, Roman helmet-clutching Morris takes sadistic pleasure in ritually humiliating him. It’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged arcola theatre, celebrity, clarion, comedy, daily express, daily mail, drama, editor, election, fleet street, headline, immigration, london, malcolm tucker, Mark Jagasia, news, newspaper, paper, play, political, politics, review, satire, sharia law, tabloid, theatre | Leave a comment

Clarion, Arcola Theatre

Posted on April 23, 2015 by mkmswain

“Fury Over Sharia Law For Toddlers!” No, not a prime example of spoof headline generator Daily Mail-o-matic, but the latest piece of fantastical scaremongering from the Clarion, a 125-year-old (semi-)fictional rag that’s upped sales by splashing on immigration every day … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged arcola theatre, clare higgins, clarion, columnist, daily express, daily mail, drama, election, evening standard, extremist, family values, fleet street, front page, glamour model, great britain, greg hicks, guardian, headline, immigration, london, Mark Jagasia, media, news, newspaper, paper, play, politics, review, richard bean, satire, sharia law, showbiz, tabloid, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, ukip | Leave a comment

In defence of the critic

Posted on September 13, 2013 by mkmswain

Nearly 50 years after Barthes proclaimed the death of the author, it is with great sadness and accompanying X Factor contestant departure music that I announce the death of the critic. Or if not the death, at least the inexorable decline. The critic … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV, Uncategorized | Tagged blog, call the midwife, critic, criticism, downton abbey, film, great british bake off, media, newspaper, review, splash, theatre, tom daley, tv | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: newspaper

Interview: Clare Barron talks Dance Nation

Ink, Almeida Theatre

‘Good theatre should be provocative’

Obvious, unfunny satire finds nothing new on Brand furore

Clumsy look at Jewish Broadway history is toe-tapping nostalgia

Skewering of tabloid excess packs an urgent topicality

Clarion, Arcola Theatre

In defence of the critic

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