Tag Archives: parliament

Committee, Donmar Warehouse

Posted on July 4, 2017 by mkmswain

A memorable 2015 parliamentary select committee hearing asked Kids Company CEO Camila Batmanghelidjh and chair of trustees Alan Yentob whether the organisation was ever fit for purpose. Tom Deering, Hadley Fraser and Josie Rourke’s new verbatim musical – think This House meets London Road – asks … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alan yentob, Camila Batmanghelidjh, charity, children, committee, donmar warehouse, government, hadley fraser, josie rourke, kids, kids company, london, musical, parliament, politicians, review, select committee, social care, theartsdesk, theatre, tom deering | Leave a comment

Pick of the Week

Posted on May 14, 2015 by mkmswain

With big drama on stage and television, from Death of a Salesman to the latest Scandi must-watch, there are no austerity measures in theartsdesk’s coverage. Read my full newsletter here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged 1864, adaptation, alexander mcqueen, arts, as you like it, austerity, ayckbourn, bbc, book, comedy, communicating doors, conservative, cuts, danish, david cameron, death of a salesman, denmark, dianna agron, drama, election, fantasy, glee, globe, government, how to succeed in business without really trying, jonathan groff, jonathan miller, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, king lear, labour, london, magic, magician, novel, parliament, play, politician, review, rsc, scandi, shakespeare, susanna clarke, television, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, war, west end | Leave a comment

Dead Sheep, Park Theatre

Posted on April 3, 2015 by mkmswain

While seven-way debate rages, broadcaster and debuting playwright Jonathan Maitland takes us back 25 years to a radically different political landscape: a time of regents, and of regicide. It’s 1990 – Thatcher the leader claiming divine right to rule, Geoffrey … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 1980s, alan clark, bertie carvel, budget, cabinet, comedy, conservative, debate, denis healey, drama, economy, eighties, election, elspeth howe, europe, eurosceptic, feminism, foreign secretary, geoffrey howe, house of commons, iron lady, john major, jonathan maitland, lady macbeth, leader, london, loyalty, macbeth, margaret thatcher, marriage, matilda, minister, north london, park theatre, parliament, paxman, play, politician, politics, prime minister, puppet, resignation, review, satire, sketch, spitting image, steve nallon, thatcher, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tory, trunchbull | Leave a comment

Kingmaker, St James Theatre

Posted on September 26, 2014 by mkmswain

The news cycle waits for no man. When Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s thinly veiled Boris Johnson satire premiered in Edinburgh at the beginning of August, it seemed remarkably timely, coinciding as it did with BoJo announcing his intention to … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bbc, boris johnson, comedy, conservative, documentary, drama, edinburgh festival, election, house of cards, interview, leader, london, machiavelli, mayor of london, mp, parliament, play, politician, politics, prime minister, review, spitting image, st james theatre, theatre, thriller, tory | Leave a comment

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