Tag Archives: religion

Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on December 6, 2018 by mkmswain

There’s a welcome alternative to panto hijinks in this gem of a Trevor Nunn musical revival – more attuned to the biting hardships of winter, and to the elegiac aspect of change, than to festive jollies. Which is not to say that there … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged andy nyman, dancing, daughter, faith, family, father, fiddler on the roof, if i were a rich man, immigrant, jew, jewish, judaism, judy kuhn, london, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, musical, religion, review, revolution, russia, singing, theartsdesk, theatre, tradition, trevor nunn, tsar | Leave a comment

Holy Sh!t, Kiln Theatre

Posted on September 12, 2018 by mkmswain

It’s all change at the Kiln (was Tricycle) Theatre, with a £5.5 million redevelopment resulting in a bright, light, spacious and welcoming new building – complete with a more obvious street presence, comfortable café/bar area, plentiful ladies’ loos, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alexis zegerman, book tickets, broadwayworld, child, christian, faith, holy shit, Indhu Rubasingham, jewish, kilburn, kiln theatre, london, parent, play, religion, review, school, teacher, theatre, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Lucie Shorthouse

Posted on December 3, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress discusses new hit musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, diversity, drag queen, everybodys talking about jamie, faith, family, gay, hijab, interview, lucie shorthouse, mixed race, musical, muslim, pritti, religion, sale, school, teenager, ticket deal, visit london, west end | 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

Rabbit Hole, Hampstead Theatre

Posted on February 5, 2016 by mkmswain

The death of a child is an unnatural loss. There’s no reassurance that the departed lived a full life, rather the jagged edge of one cut short. In the case of Becca and Howie, it’s also nonsensical: their perfectly healthy … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged america, bereavement, child, christian, claire skinner, david lindsay-abaire, death, drama, edward hall, faith, good people, grief, hampstead theatre, london, loss, marriage, oscar, parent, play, pulitzer, rabbit hole, religion, review, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tom goodman-hill, tony award | Leave a comment

Ben Hur, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on November 25, 2015 by mkmswain

Hollywood took 365 speaking parts, 50,000 extras and 78 horses to tell this epic tale in 1959; here at the Tricycle, it’s a cast of four and some enterprising puppet work. Playwright Patrick Barlow, following up global hit The 39 Steps, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actor, am dram, ancient rome, backstage, ben hur, bible, chariot race, christ, comedy, drama, epic, farce, film, galley, history, homoeroticism, jerusalem, jesus, joke, judea, london, miracle, monty python, movie, patrick barlow, play, pun, radio 4, religion, review, slapstick, slave, story, storytelling, the 39 steps, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, theatre of brent, tricycle theatre, virgin mary | Leave a comment

Unsubtle Tartuffe update misses target

Posted on October 27, 2015 by mkmswain

Last year, American poet/playwright Marcus Gardley scored a hit at the Tricycle by transporting Lorca to 19th-century New Orleans, and his loose adaptation of Molière’s 1664 Tartuffe seemed equally promising – the hypocritical religious devotee becoming a Deep South charlatan preacher. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a wolf in snakeskin shoes, comedy, deep south, drama, farce, gospel, ham and high, Indhu Rubasingham, london, marcus gardley, moliere, play, preacher, religion, review, sharon d clarke, sing, singing, tartuffe, theatre, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on October 16, 2015 by mkmswain

Molière’s 1664 comedy Tartuffe transplanted to present-day Atlanta, Georgia: it sounds like an inspired idea. The hypocritical religious devotee becomes a charlatan preacher fleecing his flock, offering salvation in exchange for hard cash and a distinctly unpriestly grope. But Marcus … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a wolf in snakeskin shoes, america, atlanta, bible, christian, church, comedy, deep south, drama, empire, faith, faith healer, family, farce, gay, georgia, god, gospel, homosexual, marcus gardley, moliere, music, noises off, play, poetry, preacher, religion, review, sex, singing, tartuffe, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre, verse | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: religion

Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory

Holy Sh!t, Kiln Theatre

BWW Interview: Lucie Shorthouse

Brash but glib puppet tale

‘Good theatre should be provocative’

Hand to God, Vaudeville Theatre

Rabbit Hole, Hampstead Theatre

Ben Hur, Tricycle Theatre

Unsubtle Tartuffe update misses target

A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes, Tricycle Theatre

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