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Private Lives, Zoom
Back in June, Lockdown Theatre raised £35,000 for the Royal Theatrical Fund with A Bit of Waiting for Godot, starring RTF president Robert Lindsay, Michael Palin and Joanna Lumley. Their second outing, on Sunday, was Act I of Noël Coward’s … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, emilia clarke, emma thompson, game of thrones, jonathan church, lockdown theatre, noel coward, play, private lives, review, robert lindsay, sanjeev bhaskar, the i paper, theatre, zoom
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Three Kings, Old Vic: In Camera
The world premiere of Stephen Beresford’s new hourlong play, livestreamed to home audiences in four performances as part of the Old Vic’s In Camera series, was postponed a couple of times due to Andrew Scott undergoing minor surgery. Thankfully, the actor has … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew scott, digital, family, fathers, filmed, in camera, livestream, matthew warchus, old vic, online, play, review, sons, Stephen Beresford, streaming, theartsdesk, theatre, three kings
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Sleepless, Seacole and Nightingale
A socially distanced musical, and a multidisciplinary documentary about carers past and present. Read my The i Paper reviews here
Posted in Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged coronavirus, covid, crimean war, dance, dancing, digital, doctor, documentary, eliot smith, film, florence nightingale, free, jay mcguiness, kimberley walsh, mary seacole, musical, nhs, nurse, nursing, online, review, seacole and nightingale, sleepless, sleepless and seattle, streaming, the i paper, theatre, troubadour wembley park, watch
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Sleepless, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Originally due to premiere back in March, Sleepless – a musical version of the winning 1993 movie Sleepless in Seattle – now acts as a test case for the return of fully staged but socially distanced indoor theatre, AKA Stage 4 of the Government’s “roadmap”. Though a … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, an affair to remember, coronavirus, covid 19, empire state building, film, girls aloud, jay mcguiness, kimberley walsh, london, love, meg ryan, movie, musical, nora ephron, review, romance, singing, sleepless, sleepless in seattle, social distancing, socially distanced, strictly come dancing, the wanted, theartsdesk, theatre, tom hanks, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
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A Little Night Music, Opera Holland Park
The show must go on: it’s been the rallying cry of our beleaguered industry, the message emblazoned on Theatre Support Fund+’s T-shirts and mugs. On Saturday night, we saw that fighting spirit in person, as Janie Dee, co-producer and star of … Continue reading
Songs for a New World, The Other Palace Digital
We’ve already had The Last Five Years in lockdown; now, we get a digital production of American composer Jason Robert Brown’s earliest work. A series of wistful pop/jazz numbers loosely linked thematically, rather than narratively, this 1995 abstract musical features various characters responding to a moment that upends … Continue reading
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Tagged cedric neal, digital, jason robert brown, musical, online, rachel john, rachel tucker, ramin karimloo, review, singing, songs, songs for a new world, streaming, theartsdesk, theatre
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Hamilton review
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-breaking Hamilton – filmed, NT Live style, with the original Broadway cast at three performances in June 2016 – was meant to hit cinemas next autumn. Instead, in response to Covid-19, it’s now streaming on Disney+. Read my … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged broadway, daveed diggs, disney plus, film, hamilfilm, hamilton, jonathan groff, leslie odom jr, lin-manuel miranda, movie, musical, renee elise goldsberry, review, streaming, the i paper, theatre, thomas kail
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Hamilton, Disney+
The movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights was meant to hit cinemas this summer, but, in response to Covid-19, has been put back to 2021. Instead, we get the early release on Disney+ of Miranda’s Hamilton – filmed, NT Live style, with the original Broadway cast at three … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, daveed diggs, digital, disney plus, film, founding father, hamilton, hip hop, immigrant, leslie odom jr, lin-manuel miranda, movie, musical, online, politics, rap, review, streaming, theartsdesk, watch
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The Last Five Years, The Other Palace Digital
A musical featuring two people who are physically separated? Jason Robert Brown’s work is a shutdown natural – as this new digital theatre version demonstrates. Lauren Samuels and Danny Becker, who play doomed lovers Cathy and Jamie, recorded their parts entirely in isolation, with Samuels (previously … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, arts, coronavirus, danny becker, digital, jason robert brown, Lauren Samuels, love, marriage, musical, online, relationship, review, social distancing, streaming, the last five years, the other palace, theartsdesk, theatre, writer
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