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Tag Archives: pop
What Girls Are Made Of, Soho Theatre
It’s now Edinburgh Fringe transfer season in London, but here’s one they made earlier: Cora Bissett’s Fringe First-winning autobiographical play from the 2018 Festival about her time in 1990s indie band Darlingheart. Though the broad shape of this tale is familiar, Bissett’s gig-theatre … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1990s, band, blur, britpop, cora bissett, darlingheart, edinburgh fringe, feminist, fife, gig theatre, girls, indie, london, metoo, music, nme, patti smith, play, pop, radiohead, review, rock, scotland, scottish, theartsdesk, theatre, women
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Simply the best
Actress Adrienne Warren discusses playing Tina Turner in new West End musical Tina. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adrienne warren, dancing, dancing times, interview, london, musical, pop, rock, singer, singing, song, theatre, tina, tina turner, west end
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Bat Out of Hell, Dominion Theatre
Back by feverishly popular demand, Jim Steinman’s mega-musical is no longer in danger of alarming unsuspecting operagoers. A year on from its Coliseum debut, this indisputably bonkers show moves to the West End venue it was surely always destined for – … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew polec, bat out of hell, christina bennington, dominion theatre, dystopia, jim steinman, jukebox musical, london, love, meat loaf, musical, new york, opera, peter pan, pop, review, rock, romance, romeo and juliet, west end
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Thank you for the music
A new exhibition celebrates ABBA – the band that gets everyone dancing. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Art, Dance, Journalism
Tagged abba, abba super troupers, band, costumes, dance, dancer, dancing times, exhibition, festival hall, magazine, mamma mia, music, pop, southbank centre, swedish
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We Made It: Stufish Entertainment Architects
Set designer and architect Ric Lipson on creating work for U2, Madonna, Chinese theatre and a new West End version of The War of the Worlds. Read my full theartsdesk interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged architect, beijing olympics, china, cirque du soleil, dai show, designer, dominion theatre, drama, london, madonna, martian fighting machine, music, pink floyd, play, pop, queen, ric lipson, rock, set design, stadium, stufish entertainment architects, the rolling stones, the war of the worlds, theatre, tour, u2, west end
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Stepping Out
Marianka Swain looks back on a busy year and previews 2016 Same-sex dance made headlines again in 2015 with the Strictly debate, but the real news was on the dancefloor, with improvements in outreach and visibility leading to exciting competitions … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Theatre
Tagged 2015, 2016, ballroom, bbc, berlin, blackpool, competition, dance, dancing, dancing times, eurogames, gay, germany, helsinki, latin, lesbian, london, magazine, music, pink jukebox, pop, preview, same sex, same sex ballroom, same sex dancing, scd, stockholm, strictly, strictly come dancing, tv, video
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Xanadu, Southwark Playhouse
It trashed Olivia Newton-John’s film career, halted the movie-musical revival, and was so critically reviled it led to the creation of the Razzies. How, then, could the stage version of hubristic 1980 flop Xanadu become a 2007 Broadway hit? The answer, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, america, ancient greece, andrew lloyd webber, andrews sisters, art, artist, australian, broadway, california, calliope, camp, christmas, clio, comedy, dancing, disco, drama, eighties, elo, evil woman, festive, film, gene kelly, greek, jazz, jeff lynne, leg warmers, london, mount olympus, movie, muse, musical, Nathan M Wright, olivia newton-john, pastiche, physical, play, pop, review, rock, roller skate, rolling skating, satire, singing, skating, southwark playhouse, swing, tap, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, venice beach, vogue, xanadu, zeus
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In the Heights, King’s Cross Theatre
Rents are going up, local businesses priced out, and the rich folk and hipsters are invading. That’s in Washington Heights, New York’s largely Dominican-American quarter, but it could as easily describe King’s Cross, one of multiple London areas undergoing gentrification. … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged america, dance, dancing, development, dominican, drama, drew mconie, gentrification, hamilton, hip hop, hipster, hispanic, immigrant, in the heights, kings cross, kings cross theatre, latin, lin-manuel miranda, london, music, musical, new york, pop, rap, rent, review, salsa, sing, singing, song, southwark playhouse, the railway children, theatre, tony award, washington heights, west end, west side story
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Why do Strictly viewers hate Ashley Roberts?
This weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing semi-final saw a third consecutive trip to the dreaded dance-off for ex-Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts – despite topping the leaderboard with pro partner Pasha Kovalev after notching four nines for a fierce Paso Doble and a perfect … Continue reading →