Tag Archives: puppet

Pinocchio, National Theatre

Posted on December 15, 2017 by mkmswain

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 →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, children, christmas, dennis kelly, disney, family, kids, london, martin lowe, musical, national theatre, pinocchio, puppet, review, theatre | Leave a comment

Brash but glib puppet tale

Posted on February 26, 2016 by mkmswain

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 →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged america, drama, ham and high, hand to god, harry melling, london, play, puppet, religion, review, robert askins, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end | Leave a comment

‘Good theatre should be provocative’

Posted on February 19, 2016 by mkmswain

Hand to God actress Jemima Rooper talks puppetry, repression and blind casting. Read my full Ham & High interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | 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 | Leave a comment

Hand to God, Vaudeville Theatre

Posted on February 16, 2016 by mkmswain

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 →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | 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 | Leave a comment

Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Posted on May 22, 2015 by mkmswain

“All children, except one, grow up.” So begins J. M. Barrie’s iconic tale of arrested development, given new power and poignancy in this high-flying production. A century after one of Barrie’s youthful collaborators, George Llewelyn Davies, was killed at Ypres, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged battle, bedtime story, book, boy, captain hook, child, childhood, children, clock, crocodile, fairy tale, fight, first world war, flies, fly, flying, great war, hospital, i do believe in fairies, j m barrie, jolly roger, lost boys, mermaid, mother, mum, music, never grow up, never land, nurse, open air theatre, park, peter pan, pirate, puppet, read, regents park, sing, smee, soldier, song, story, the front, timothy sheader, tinker bell, to die would be an awfully big adventure, war, wendy, world war one, youth, ypres | 1 Comment

Dead Sheep, Park Theatre

Posted on April 3, 2015 by mkmswain

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 →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 1980s, alan clark, bertie carvel, budget, cabinet, comedy, conservative, debate, denis healey, drama, economy, eighties, election, elspeth howe, europe, eurosceptic, feminism, foreign secretary, geoffrey howe, house of commons, iron lady, john major, jonathan maitland, lady macbeth, leader, london, loyalty, macbeth, margaret thatcher, marriage, matilda, minister, north london, park theatre, parliament, paxman, play, politician, politics, prime minister, puppet, resignation, review, satire, sketch, spitting image, steve nallon, thatcher, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tory, trunchbull | Leave a comment

Salsa secrets, puppets and World Book Day

Posted on March 5, 2014 by mkmswain

New in the Dance Today section: Coming out of the shadows From the Oscars and the Olympics to Sadler’s Wells, a look at the renaissance of shadow theatre Going solo The best ballroom classes and activities that don’t require a partner, and how to … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: puppet

Pinocchio, National Theatre

Brash but glib puppet tale

‘Good theatre should be provocative’

Hand to God, Vaudeville Theatre

Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Dead Sheep, Park Theatre

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