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The Doctor, Almeida Theatre
Robert Icke, an associate director at the Almeida for the past six years, bids farewell in typically bold and epic fashion with his latest contemporary update. Arthur Schnitzler’s Professor Bernhardi, which premiered in 1912, has been skilfully reconfigured as an interrogation of … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, almeida theatre, alzheimers, antisemitism, book tickets, broadwayworld, christian, class, dementia, faith, gender, identity, identity politics, jewish, juliet stevenson, london, medicine, paul higgins, play, race, religion, review, robert icke, social media, surgeon, the doctor, theatre
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Once on This Island, Southwark Playhouse
As British summer really kicks in (umbrellas at the ready), our thoughts might turn fondly to the sunny Caribbean. Good timing, then, for the return of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 musical set in the French Antilles. Based on Rosa Guy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged antilles, british theatre academy, calypso, caribbean, class, colonialism, lee proud, london, love, musical, once on this island, race, review, romance, southwark playhouse, the little mermaid, theartsdesk
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Death of a Salesman, Young Vic
Seventy years on from its Broadway opening, Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell present Arthur Miller’s masterpiece afresh in an inspired, shattering revival. One key change – making the 1940s Loman family African-American – gives the play a whole new texture, while retaining its searing condemnation … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, african-american, american dream, arinze kene, arthur miller, broadwayworld, death of a salesman, london, marianne elliott, new york, play, race, review, sharon d clarke, theatre, wendell pierce, young vic
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Interview: Sharon D Clarke
The actress discusses her role in musical Caroline, or Change. Read my full TodayTix interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1960s, african-american, america, black, book tickets, caroline or change, chichester festival theatre, civil rights, daniel evans, family, interview, jeanine tesori, maid, motown, musical, playhouse theatre, race, racism, sharon d clarke, singing, todaytix, tony kushner, west end
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White Teeth, Kiln Theatre
A few protestors might be doggedly hanging on outside the Kiln (was Tricycle) Theatre, but their complaints are firmly refuted by its current show: a vibrant adaptation of Zadie Smith’s award-winning novel that is not just about but firmly rooted in … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, book tickets, broadwayworld, daughter, family, immigrant, Indhu Rubasingham, kilburn, kiln theatre, london, mother, music, north west london, novel, play, race, review, simon sharkey, songs, theatre, west hampstead, white teeth, zadie smith
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A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre
Hot off award-winning film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and reunited with Matthew Dunster, who directed his hit Hangmen, Martin McDonagh brings his latest to the Bridge – quite a coup for Nick Hytner. Yet this provocative take on Hans Christian Andersen, and on the nature … Continue reading
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Tagged a very very very dark matter, author, belgium, book, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, charles dickens, colonialisation, congo, fiction, hangmen, hans christian andersen, jim broadbent, london, martin mcdonagh, phil daniels, race, review, story, three billboards
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Julie, National Theatre
Polly Stenham’s updating of Strindberg’s Miss Julie moves the action to contemporary London, and finds both contempt and sympathy for this new version of the idle rich. But, shorn of its 19th-century context, the play struggles to make the class transgression feel … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, carrie cracknell, cheap tickets, class, drama, julie, london, miss julie, national theatre, play, polly stenham, race, review, rich, romance, sex, strindberg, theatre, ticket deal, vanessa kirby, visit london
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BWW Interview: Joe Aaron Reid
The actor talks In the Heights and Dreamgirls. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged broadwayworld, dreamgirls, gay, hamilton, in the heights, interview, joe aaron reid, london, musical, race, singing, theatre, west end
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One Night in Miami, Donmar Warehouse
“I shook up the world.” So says young gun and new heavyweight champion Cassius Clay (shortly to become Muhammad Ali) in those heady moments after his shock defeat of Sonny Liston in February 1964. But a meeting that same night … Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, america, black, broadwayworld, cassius clay, donmar warehouse, jim brown, kemp powers, malcolm x, muhammad ali, one night in miami, race, review, sam cooke
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