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Theatre in crisis: ‘British culture is world-beating – why leave us behind?’
The Government’s new jobs plan has been met with despair – and fury – from many in the arts world. “Theatre has been viable for thousands of years,” points out leading producer Sonia Friedman. “Yesterday’s announcement from the Chancellor that our industry is … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arts, chancellor, culture, equity, funding, furlough, jez bond, job loss, jobs, julian bird, orange tree theatre, park theatre, paul miller, Rishi Sunak, royal court, sonia friedman, the telegraph, theatre, vicky featherstone
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Endgame leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry Beckett revival to Tom Stoppard and magical mishaps. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 2020, alan cumming, ambassadors theatre, antony sher, apartheid, best, book tickets, boulevard theatre, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, circus, comedy, cormac mccarthy, daniel radcliffe, endgame, faustus, gary beadle, harold pinter theatre, harry potter, jane horrocks, january, jasper britton, kunene and the king, leopoldstadt, lexicon, london, lucy kirkwood, lucy prebble, lyric hammersmith, magic goes wrong, maxine peake, mischief theatre, musical, national theatre, new, nofit state circus, old vic, orange tree theatre, penn and teller, play, roundhouse, show, south africa, that damned woman, the sugar syndrome, the sunset limited, the welkin, theatre, ticket deal, toby jones, todaytix, tom stoppard, top 10, uncle vanya, vaudeville theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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BroadwayWorld’s Top London Christmas Picks
There are plenty of seasonal treats served up in the capital this year, from pantos and plays to opera and dance. Here are some of the tastiest morsels for the 2018-19 festive period. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a christmas carol, al murray, aladdin, alexandra palace, best, bill bailey, book tickets, broadwayworld, can't wait for christmas, cheap tickets, children, christmas, dani dyer, danny dyer, dawn french, dick whittington, english national ballet, eventim apollo, family, hansel and gretel, horrible christmas, horrible histories, huddle, hugh dennis, in the winter wood, jo brand, kids, kinky boots, les miserables, london, lyric hammersmith, lyric theatre, magic mike live, matilda, matthew bourne, motown, national theatre, nativity the musical, old vic, opera, orange tree theatre, palladium snow white, panto, pantomime, paul merton, peacock theatre, peter pan, philip pullmans grimm tales, polka theatre, richmond theatre, robert lindsay, room on the broom, rose theatre kingston, royal opera, sadlers wells, school of rock, seussical, sleeping beauty, southbank centre, southwark playhouse, swan lake, the lion king, the messiah, the nutcracker, the other palace, the phantom of the opera, the snowman, the tell tale heart, theatre, theatre royal stratford east, ticket deal, tina, top, unicorn theatre, west end, wicked, young audience
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The Glass Menagerie leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
From a visionary Tennessee Williams revival to Wayne McGregor and a Dahl musical adaptation. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adelphi theatre, best, billy wilder, book tickets, broadwayworld, burt bacharach, caryl churchill, cherry jones, duke of york's, escaped alone, fantastic mr fox, hampstead theatre, january, john tiffany, london, lyric hammersmith, making a murderer, musical, national theatre, neil simon, new, orange tree theatre, promises promises, roald dahl, royal court, royal opera house, sex with strangers, southwark playhouse, tennesse williams, the apartment, the glass menagerie, the kite runner, top 10, us/them, virginia woolf, wayne mcgregor, west end, winter solstice, woolf works, wyndhams theatre
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The Philanderer, Orange Tree Theatre
Gender deconstruction, fraught feminism and the perils of hook-up culture: George Bernard Shaw’s comedy of manners, penned in 1893, shows we haven’t come as far as we might think. It’s a point rammed home by Paul Miller’s choice of modern … Continue reading
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Tagged a doll's house, divorce, drama, feminism, gender, george bernard shaw, ibsen, love, marriage, orange tree theatre, paul miller, play, review, rupert young, stage, the arts desk, the philanderer, theartsdesk, theatre, victorian
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Richard Madden and Lily James’s Romeo and Juliet leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
From buzzy Shakespeare productions and satirical opera to Sideways and dance at the Old Vic. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, a view from islington north, arts theatre, best, blue/orange, book tickets, brecht, broadwayworld, caryl churchill, cinderella, David Hare, derek jacobi, drew mconie, emma rice, garrick theatre, george bernard shaw, globe, hampstead theatre, jekyll and hyde, kenneth branagh, lawrence after arabia, lily james, london, mark ravenhill, max stafford-clark, may, michael morpurgo, national theatre, new, old vic, open air theatre, orange tree theatre, paul miller, regents park, rex pickett, richard madden, robert louis stevenson, romeo and juliet, rory kinnear, rufus norris, running wild, satire, shakespeare, sideways, st james theatre, stage, the philanderer, the threepenny opera, theatre, top 10, west end, young vic
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The Brink, Orange Tree Theatre
Generation Y are worriers. There’s certainly plenty to fuel that angst, from mounting debts, employment uncertainty and the ever-worsening housing crisis to international conflict and terrorism – as explored by a slew of recent articles (and the occasional “How anxious … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, brad birch, conspiracy, david bowie, drama, fear, generation y, heroes, london, mel hillyard, millennial, orange tree theatre, play, review, school, teacher, the arts desk, the brink, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, worry
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Pomona, National Theatre
Last year, new Orange Tree artistic director Paul Miller electrified his theatre by programming Alistair McDowall’s brilliant and brutal dystopian thriller. Now it occupies the National’s Temporary space, with most of its excellent original cast intact. Read my full Ham & … Continue reading
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Tagged alistair mcdowall, contemporary, crime, drama, dystopian, fantasy, game, ham and high, horror, island, lovecraft, manchester, national theatre, orange tree theatre, organ harvesting, pomona, prostitution, quest, review, rpg, sci fi, temporary space, theatre
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