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Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre
“We are only as powerful as the stories we tell.” So proclaims poet and activist Emilia Bassano, as she wrestles back her own story in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s 2018 Globe hit – its raw, feminist, revolutionary power just as potent … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, charity wakefield, cheap tickets, emilia, female, feminist, gender equality, globe, london, morgan lloyd malcolm, play, poet, review, shakespeare, theatre, ticket deal, west end, women, write
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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Maisie Williams (AKA Arya Stark in Game of Thrones) and Zach Wyatt make superb stage debuts in Edward Hall’s production of American playwright Lauren Gunderson’s work. Caroline, trapped at home due to an unspecified genetic illness, is surprised by schoolmate … Continue reading
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Tagged arya stark, drama, edward hall, game of thrones, ham and high, hampstead theatre, i and you, lauren gunderson, london, maisie williams, play, poet, poetry, review, sick, teenager, theatre, transplant, walt whitman, Zach Wyatt
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BWW Interview: Edward Fox
The actor talks John Betjeman play Sand in the Sandwiches. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actor, betjeman, brexit, broadwayworld, edward fox, england, interview, nostalgia, poem, poet, poetry, sand in the sandwiches, theatre
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David Bowie’s LAZARUS leads November’s Top 10 new London shows
From the late great Bowie’s musical to Glenda Jackson’s Lear and Mark Rylance’s return. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged amy madigan, an inspector calls, andrew lloyd webber, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, buried child, david bowie, ed harris, first world war, garrick theatre, glenda jackson, half a sixpence, harriet walter, it is easy to be dead, jb priestley, king lear, lazarus, london, mark rylance, michael c hall, musical, neil mcpherson, nice fish, november, old vic, phyllida lloyd, playhouse theatre, poet, school of rock, shakespeare, stephen daldry, the tempest, theatre, this house, top 10, west end
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An Open Book: Bruce McCall
Polo played in surplus First World War tanks; zeppelin shooting as a gentlemanly leisure pursuit; mighty vessel RMS Tyrannic, proud host of the Grand Ballroom Chariot Race and so safe “that she carries no insurance”. These are just some of … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged america, artist, author, biography, book, bruce mccall, canadian, caribbean, comic book, cover, dickens, fiction, history, illustrator, John Malcolm Brinnin, John Masefield, magazine, nabokov, national lampoon, new yorker, nonfiction, Ogden Nash, patrick leigh fermor, poem, poet, poetry, read, reading, retrofuturism, satire, saturday night live, saul bellow, shouts and murmurs, writer, zany afternoons
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Everyman, National Theatre
As we stagger towards electoral chaos, isn’t it comforting to think there might be a master plan at work? That Russell Brand’s meddling is preordained, or Cameron’s ‘brain fade’ an act of divine intervention? The second play in Rufus Norris’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, 15th century, artistic director, carol ann duffy, chiwetel ejiofor, christianity, dance, dancing, david cameron, death, divine, don draper, drama, ed miliband, election, everyman, faith, god, javier de frutos, london, mad men, morality play, movement, nation, national, national theatre, olivier, play, poet, poet laureate, poetry, religion, review, rufus norris, russell brand, salvation, sharon d clarke, singing, song, state of the nation, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre
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Stevie, Hampstead Theatre
Writing about writers: exploring what you know, or the very definition of stifling egoism? Either way, it can be a terrible trap for the playwright, with craft becoming not just the subject of a work, but its defining feature. Hugh … Continue reading
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Tagged chichester festival theatre, christopher morahan, commute, death, drama, hampstead theatre, london, mitford, morbid, not waving but drowning, novel, novelist, palmers green, play, poet, poetry, review, stevie, stevie smith, suburban, suburbs, suicide, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, write, writer, writing, zoe wanamaker
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Hidden treasures, war poets and Dracula
In my Compass magazine Arts pages this month: Discover hidden treasures with Heritage Open Days New play explores Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon’s lives and work Fist pump to ’80s-tastic Rock of Ages Scary Little Girls’ blood-curdling Dracula Revered printmaker Colin See-Paynton shares his nocturnal encounters … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, article, cold war, compass, dance, deal, dorset, dracula, eighties, exhibition, famous five, film festival, first world war, gothic, hampshire, heritage open days, Jane Austen, magazine, museum, musical, new forest, painting, play, poet, poetry, portsmouth, print, rock, rock of ages, september, sherlock holmes, shop, shopping, Siegfried Sassoon, steampunk, theatre, vampire, Wilfred Owen, woodcarving, world war 2, world war one, world war two
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