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Thomas Cole, The Lehman Trilogy, The Wife and Caitlin Moran
On my September MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition TheNational Gallery spotlights American landscape artist Thomas Cole Film Glenn Close is riveting – and Oscar-tipped – in The Wife Theatre An epic story told by a trio of actors in The Lehman Trilogy at the National … Continue reading
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Tagged art, book, caitlin moran, cinema, commute, commuter, exhibition, fiction, film, gallery, glenn close, how to be famous, lehman brothers, london, metoo, moveto, moveto town and country magazine, movie, national gallery, national theatre, oscar, play, read, review, sam mendes, simon russell beale, the lehman trilogy, the wife, theatre, things to do, thomas cole, turner, visit london
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Pick of the Week
Oscar-winning Son of Saul, Nick Payne’s latest play and Line of Duty reaches its nail-biting climax. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here
Posted in Art, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged academy award, art, bbc, best, conspiracy files, death, died, donmar warehouse, drama, elegy, exhibition, film, giacometti, line of duty, malaysian airlines, music, nick payne, norwich, obituary, opera, oscar, pick of the week, play, prince, sainsbury centre for visual arts, shakespeare, son of saul, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tribute, tv, ukraine, victoria wood, vinyl, zoe wanamaker
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Rabbit Hole, Hampstead Theatre
The death of a child is an unnatural loss. There’s no reassurance that the departed lived a full life, rather the jagged edge of one cut short. In the case of Becca and Howie, it’s also nonsensical: their perfectly healthy … Continue reading
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Tagged america, bereavement, child, christian, claire skinner, david lindsay-abaire, death, drama, edward hall, faith, good people, grief, hampstead theatre, london, loss, marriage, oscar, parent, play, pulitzer, rabbit hole, religion, review, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tom goodman-hill, tony award
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Wild wild west
Is forced abduction really a suitable subject for rollicking musical theatre? That’s the difficult needle Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has to thread, and its combination of jaunty ditties, zany antics and sensational dance numbers very nearly distracts from the darkness at … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, brigadoon, broadway, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, eastenders, film, helena blackman, how do you solve a problem like maria, jerome robbins, london, mgm, michael kidd, movie, musical, orgeon, oscar, patti colombo, play, plutarch, rape, review, richmond, richmond theatre, sabine women, sam attwater, seven brides for seven brothers, sing, soap opera, song, the full monty, theatre, tour, west end, west side story
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