Tag Archives: nicholas hytner

Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre

Posted on March 15, 2023 by mkmswain

Nicholas Hytner hits the jackpot with this exhilarating immersive revival. Read my full London Theatre review here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged arlene phillips, book tickets, bridge theatre, celinde schoenmaker, daniel mays, guys and dolls, immersive, london, london theatre, marisha wallace, musical, nicholas hytner, review, theatre | Leave a comment

How Guys and Dolls became a popular West End musical

Posted on November 2, 2022 by mkmswain

Revising the beloved show ahead of Nicholas Hytner’s new immersive production at the Bridge Theatre. Read my full London Theatre article here

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged book tickets, bridge theatre, broadway, damon runyon, film, frank sinatra, gambler, guys and dolls, immersive, london, london theatre, luck be a lady tonight, marlon brando, movie, musical, new york, nicholas hytner, revival, sit down youre rocking the boat, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre

Posted on December 9, 2021 by mkmswain

Phillip Pullman’s tricky prequel struggles to find magic. Read my full London Theatre review here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adaptation, book, book of dust, bridge theatre, his dark materials, la belle sauvage, london, london theatre, nicholas hytner, novel, philip pullman, play, review, theatre | Leave a comment

Harriet Lane’s memorably unsettling 2012 novel, about an overlooked sub-editor who infiltrates the literary elite, has been adapted for stage by Lucinda Coxon. Its combination of psychological thriller and industry satire is decently translated, but a conservative production from Bridge … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alys always, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, downton abbey, harriet lane, joanna david, joanne froggatt, journalist, newspaper, nicholas hytner, novelist, play, review, robert glenister, theatre, writer | Leave a comment

Allelujah!, Bridge Theatre

Posted on July 20, 2018 by mkmswain

This highly anticipated new play from 84-year-old Alan Bennett premieres at the Bridge, continuing his long-standing relationship with Nicholas Hytner. It’s an exciting get, and there are wonderful flashes of Bennett wit, wisdom and stirring empathy, but also polemical outbursts and baggy … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alan bennett, allelujah, book tickets, brexit, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, elderly, geriatric, government, hospital, london, nhs, nicholas hytner, patient, play, review, samuel barnett, theatre, yorkshire | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Bunny Christie and Tony Grech-Smith

Posted on March 16, 2018 by mkmswain

The designer and NT Live broadcast director on, respectively, creating Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre and translating it to screen. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged ben whishaw, bridge theatre, broadcast, broadwayworld, bunny christie, cinema, designer, director, interview, julius caesar, london, nicholas hytner, nt live, politics, revolution, screen, shakesepare, theatre, tony grech-smith, trump, tv | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner

Posted on November 14, 2017 by mkmswain

The former Artistic Director of the National Theatre discusses memoir Balancing Acts, and his new Bridge Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alan bennett, artistic director, audra mcdonald, balancing acts, beginning, benedict cumberbatch, book, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, buy, carousel, curious incident of the dog in the night time, danny boyle, director, diversity, follies, frankenstein, his dark materials, interview, johnny lee miller, london, martin mcdonagh, memoir, musical, national theatre, new writing, nicholas hytner, nick starr, one man two guvnors, philip pullman, richard eyre, rufus norris, the book of dust, the history boys, tom morris, war horse, west end, young marx | Leave a comment

Young Marx, Bridge Theatre

Posted on October 29, 2017 by mkmswain

Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr’s enterprise is certainly an historic one: The Bridge is London’s first new wholly commercial theatre in 80 years. If its opening play isn’t the same landmark work, it’s nevertheless an auspicious start to a promising … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bridge theatre, broadwayworld, children, class, clive coleman, comedy, communist, engels, family, farce, german, london, marriage, marx, nicholas hytner, nick starr, oliver chris, play, politician, politics, refugee, review, revolution, richard bean, rory kinnear, sex, socialism, soho, the bridge, theatre, victorian, visit london, young marx | Leave a comment

Labour of Love leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on September 28, 2017 by mkmswain

From James Graham’s political drama to immersive Agatha Christie and the unveiling of a new venue. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Classic sings out with renewed vigour

Posted on June 27, 2014 by mkmswain

How do you solve a problem like a musical? Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ambitious Carousel seems tailor-made for expansive venues like the National Theatre, where Nicholas Hytner memorably revived this show in 1992: diminutive studios need not apply. But conventional wisdom gets … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: nicholas hytner

Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre

How Guys and Dolls became a popular West End musical

The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre

Alys, Always, Bridge Theatre

Allelujah!, Bridge Theatre

BWW Interview: Bunny Christie and Tony Grech-Smith

BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner

Young Marx, Bridge Theatre

Labour of Love leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Classic sings out with renewed vigour

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