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Tag Archives: normal people

Conversations with Friends review

Posted on May 10, 2022 by mkmswain

Sally Rooney’s ménage à quatre is more than a match for Normal People. Read my full Telegraph review here

Posted in Journalism, TV | Tagged adaptation, bbc, bbc three, conversations with friends, drama, jemima kirke, joe alwyn, marriage, normal people, review, sally rooney, sex, telegraph, tv | Leave a comment

Where to watch celebrities onstage

Posted on August 30, 2020 by mkmswain

From Andrew Scott in the Old Vic’s Three Kings to Sleepless‘s pop star leads and a host of luminaries in Talking Heads. Read my full London Theatre article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actor, actress, alan bennett, albion, almeida, andrew scott, beat the devil, bridge theatre, celebrities, celebrity, coronavirus, daisy edgar-jones, David Hare, death of england, everybodys talking about jamie, famous, film, fleabag, giles terera, hair, hamilton, harry potter, hollywood, imelda staunton, jay mcguiness, kimberley walsh, kristin scott thomas, layton williams, leslie manville, london, movie, musical, national theatre, nhs, no masks, normal people, old vic, on stage, play, ralph fiennes, russell tovey, sherlock, sleepless, star, stars, strictly come dancing, talking heads, tamsin greig, the crown, theatre, theatre royal stratford east, three kings, troubadour wembley park, turbine theatre, tv | Leave a comment
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