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A swellegant elegant party
Ten years after beginning his tenure with The Philadelphia Story, departing artistic director Kevin Spacey finishes in grand style with Arthur Kopit’s stage version of High Society, made a fully-fledged musical with the addition of several – tangentially related – … Continue reading
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Tagged busby berkeley, cole porter, dance, dance today, dancing, downton abbey, grace kelly, high society, jamie parker, jazz, kate fleetwood, katharine hepburn, Kevin Spacey, love, magazine, maria friedman, marriage, musical, Nathan M Wright, old vic, party, play, review, romance, sing, singing, song, tap, the philadelphia story, theatre, wedding
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Kitchen drama fails to connect
Torben Betts maintains the fine tradition of mentor Alan Ayckbourn by analysing social divisions and modern malaise via the dinner party from hell in his fiery 2012 comedy. North London urbanite hosts Jess (Annabel Bates) and Mat (Jack Johns) boast … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Ayckbourn, comedy, dinner, drama, email, first world problems, haiti, ham and high, internet, london, mobile, muswell hill, north london, park theatre, party, phone, play, review, technology, text, theatre, torben betts
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Muswell Hill, Park Theatre
Has there ever been a successful dinner party on stage? It seems no sooner has the table been set than domestic disharmony erupts: opposing personalities obligingly clash, the veil of marital bliss is torn asunder, and terrible secrets are spilled … Continue reading
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Tagged abigails party, actress, adultery, affair, Alan Ayckbourn, class, computer, dinner, drama, earthquake, email, family, finsbury park, first world problems, friend, haiti, husband, internet, laptop, london, middle class, mike leigh, muswell hill, north london, oliver!, park theatre, party, phone, play, review, shakespeare, singer, sister, technology, text, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, torben betts, wife
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Saxon Court, Southwark Playhouse
Saxon Court joins the growing list of new plays tackling the economic collapse, and while lacking the creative innovation of work like Clare Duffy’s Money: The Game Show at the Bush or Anders Lustgarten’s If You Don’t Let Us Dream, We Won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, benefits, bush theatre, business, career, christmas, downturn, drama, economic, finance, financial, financial crisis, if you don't let us dream we won't let you sleep, job, jobs, london, lord sugar, money the game show, occupy london, office, party, play, protest, recruitment, review, royal court theatre, saxon court, southwark playhouse, thatcher, the apprentice, theartsdesk, unemployed, work
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Which dance is your romance?
Is your relationship a dreamy, old-fashioned ballroom style or a raunchy red-hot Latin? Find out by taking the Dance Today Valentine’s Day quiz!
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Tagged ballroom, boyfriend, dance, dancing, date, facebook, february 14, flash mob, gift, girlfriend, husband, latin, love, marriage, party, present, romance, song, valentine, valentines day, wife
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