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Treasure Island, National Theatre at Home
Swaggering pirates, X marks the spot, a chattering parrot, “Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum”? All present and correct. But Bryony Lavery’s winning 2014 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson for the National, directed by Polly Findlay, also features key updates and wonderfully creative ideas, plus … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, adventure, arthur darvill, children, doctor who, family, jim hawkins, kids, long john silver, national theatre, national theatre at home, nt live, patsy ferran, pirate, play, review, robert louis stevenson, ship, theartsdesk, theatre, treasure island, treasure map, yo ho ho, young audience
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Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre online
This week’s gem from the Hampstead’s vaults is Howard Brenton’s political drama from 2013, telling the extraordinary, stranger-than-fiction story of Cyril Radcliffe and his 1947 mission: to arrange the Partition of India in just five weeks. A tale of battling ideologies, gross colonial arrogance and disregard, … Continue reading
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How live theatre is still running despite lockdown
I contributed to this BBC article on streamed theatre content, discussing BroadwayWorld’s new series of Living Room Concerts. Read the full article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged bbc, broadwayworld, concert, coronavirus, free, hamilton, interview, lin-manuel miranda, live stream, live streaming, living room concerts, lockdown, musical, online, play, shutdown, streamed, streaming, theatre, video, watch
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Jane Eyre, National Theatre at Home
The National Theatre’s online broadcasts got off to a storming start with One Man, Two Guvnors – watched by over 2.5 million people, either on the night or in the week since its live streaming, and raising around £66,000 in donations. Let’s hope … Continue reading
Favourite Olivier Awards Memories and Our 2020 Winners
Sadly, the 2020 Olivier Awards won’t be going ahead as planned due to the coronavirus shutdown, although ITV will broadcast a highlights show. So, BroadwayWorld reviewers have been thinking back to some of our favourite Oliviers winners, nominees and performances … Continue reading
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Tagged a streetcar named desire, a very expensive poison, amelie, and juliet, arthur miller, award, broadcast, cancelled, chimerica, comedy, company, cyrano, dear evan hansen, death of a salesman, evita, follies, gillian anderson, girl from the north country, groundhog day, hamilton, in the heights, itv, james mcavoy, jamie lloyd, king charles iii, lin-manuel miranda, london, merrily we roll along, musical, old vic, olivier awards, oliviers, play, present laughter, stephen sondheim, sunny afternoon, tennessee williams, theatre, tim minchin, tv, uncle vanya, west end, winner, young vic
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BWW Interview: Kumiko Mendl
The Artistic Director talks 25 years of Yellow Earth Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged actor, arts, asian, british east asian, broadwayworld, company, coronavirus, director, east asian, interview, Kumiko Mendl, play, shutdown, theatre, yellow earth theatre
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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Now streaming online, this YA play is oddly pertinent. Head to Instagram for a 2018 production with plenty of 2020 shutdown wisdom. Read my full theartsdesk review here
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Tagged coronavirus, drama, edward hall, free, game of thrones, hampstead theatre, home schooling, i and you, IGTV, instagram, lauren gunderson, maisie williams, online, play, poem, poetry, review, shutdown, streaming, teenager, theartsdesk, theatre, walt whitman, YA, young adult, Zach Wyatt
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Blithe Spirit, Duke of York’s Theatre
This is perhaps an odd time for Nöel Coward’s comedy about death and supernatural apparitions to land in the West End – Richard Eyre’s revival transferring from Theatre Royal Bath. On the other hand, there’s something comforting about Coward’s wartime … Continue reading
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Tagged blithe spirit, book tickets, broadwayworld, comedy, duke of yorks theatre, ghost, jennifer saunders, london, noel coward, play, review, richard eyre, theatre, west end
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City of Angels leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
From a musical with old Hollywood glamour to starry Chekhov and Coward. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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15 Top Shows To See During London Theatre Week
London Theatre Week runs 24 February to 8 March, and it’s a fantastic opportunity to see the West End’s best plays and musicals – with tickets from just £15, £25 and £35! You can even nab some of the best … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, cheap tickets, daniel radcliffe, dear evan hansen, emilia clarke, game of thrones, les miserables, london, london theatre week, musical, phantom, play, prince of egypt, sale, show, the seagull, theatre, ticket deal, todaytix, waitress, west end, wicked
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