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See creatures come to life in West End puppet shows
From Life of Pi to Frozen and 101 Dalmatians. Read my full London Theatre article here
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Tagged 101 dalmatians, book tickets, disney, family, frozen, life of pi, london, london theatre, musical, play, puppet, puppeteer, puppetry, the lion king, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, theatre, west end, young audience
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London’s Top 10 family-friendly theatres
Continuing our London Theatre Guides series, we’re celebrating half-term by highlighting some of the capital’s most welcome and exciting venues for younger audiences. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged activity, art, baby, backstage, best, birthday party, broadwayworld, cafe, child, children, class, dancing, education, family, family friendly, film, free, fun, garden, half term, holiday, kids, london, music, musical, national theatre, orchestra, parent, play, playground, puppet, puppetry, school, show, singing, song, theatre, theatre guide, toddler, top 10, tour, toys, workshop, young, young audience, youth theatre
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Pinocchio, National Theatre
The puppet who wants to be a real boy is all grown up in this new musical version – very much the darker side of Disney. Book writer Dennis Kelly went back to the original 19th-century Italian tale, by Collodi, and tonally, … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, children, christmas, dennis kelly, disney, family, kids, london, martin lowe, musical, national theatre, pinocchio, puppet, review, theatre
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Brash but glib puppet tale
Move over, Avenue Q: there’s a new puppet in town. Flame-haired, foul-mouthed Tyrone, star of Robert Askins’ semi-autobiographical farce, is a nightmarish creation, but a necessary release for cowed Texas teen Jason, struggling with the death of his father. Mother … Continue reading
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Tagged america, drama, ham and high, hand to god, harry melling, london, play, puppet, religion, review, robert askins, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end
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‘Good theatre should be provocative’
Hand to God actress Jemima Rooper talks puppetry, repression and blind casting. Read my full Ham & High interview here
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Tagged actress, ben ockrent, blind casting, drama, ham and high, hand to god, interview, Jemima Rooper, london, newspaper, play, puppet, religion, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end, women
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Hand to God, Vaudeville Theatre
There will be blood. And expletives. And puppet sex that makes Avenue Q look positively monastic. But perhaps most shocking of all is that beneath the eye-wateringly explicit surface of Robert Askins’ provocative farce, which began life Off-Off-Broadway in 2011, lies … Continue reading
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Tagged america, broadway, christian, comedy, drama, family, farce, grief, hand to god, harry melling, janie dee, Jemima Rooper, london, neil pearson, parent, puppet, religion, review, robert askins, sex, texas, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end
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Dead Sheep, Park Theatre
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
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