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BroadwayWorld’s Top London Christmas Picks
There are plenty of seasonal treats served up in the capital this year, from pantos and plays to opera and dance. Here are some of the tastiest morsels for the 2018-19 festive period. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged a christmas carol, al murray, aladdin, alexandra palace, best, bill bailey, book tickets, broadwayworld, can't wait for christmas, cheap tickets, children, christmas, dani dyer, danny dyer, dawn french, dick whittington, english national ballet, eventim apollo, family, hansel and gretel, horrible christmas, horrible histories, huddle, hugh dennis, in the winter wood, jo brand, kids, kinky boots, les miserables, london, lyric hammersmith, lyric theatre, magic mike live, matilda, matthew bourne, motown, national theatre, nativity the musical, old vic, opera, orange tree theatre, palladium snow white, panto, pantomime, paul merton, peacock theatre, peter pan, philip pullmans grimm tales, polka theatre, richmond theatre, robert lindsay, room on the broom, rose theatre kingston, royal opera, sadlers wells, school of rock, seussical, sleeping beauty, southbank centre, southwark playhouse, swan lake, the lion king, the messiah, the nutcracker, the other palace, the phantom of the opera, the snowman, the tell tale heart, theatre, theatre royal stratford east, ticket deal, tina, top, unicorn theatre, west end, wicked, young audience
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BWW Interview: Phyllis Logan
The actress talks Secrets & Lies, Downton and her current role in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged actor, actress, broadwayworld, downton, downton abbey, interview, london, lovejoy, mike leigh, mrs hughes, noel coward, phyllis logan, present laughter, richmond theatre, samuel west, theatre, tour
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War stories and Scottish shake-up
My articles in the March issue of Dance Today, out now: Fighting words A deferential revival of Joan Littlewood’s iconic Oh What A Lovely War at Richmond Theatre acts more as effective primer than call to arms Stepping Out The Gay Gordons blend tradition with revolution … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged ad, advert, advertising, anniversary, article, ballroom, bbc, britains got talent, christmas truce, commemoration, competition, dance, dance today, dancing, drama, first world war, gay gordons, itv, joan littlewood, journeys end, latin, london, magazine, music, nike, Oh What A Lovely War, Pierrot, play, radio, review, revival, richmond theatre, rivoli ballroom, same sex dance, scotland, scottish country dancing, showdance, Sofia Boutella, soldier, song, strictly come dancing, teacher, the sugar dandies, theatre, tour, trenches, tv, vaudeville, war, ww1
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Dangerous Corner
In his otherwise unremarkable 1932 debut play Dangerous Corner, JB Priestley employs a promising framing device that hints at the kind of metafictional experimentation found in works like Stoppard’s The Real Thing or Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, art deco, crime, dangerous corner, downton abbey, drama, drawing room, j b priestley, london, murder, pastiche, play, radio, review, richmond theatre, sex, six characters in search of an author, the arts desk, the real thing, theft, thirties, thriller, whodunnit
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Lost in translation
Thirty years ago, Andy Warhol gathered together 300,000 disparate possessions in cardboard boxes, creating a makeshift time capsule for the edification of future generations. There is another time capsule of sorts playing at Richmond Theatre, where John Godber’s revival of … Continue reading
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Tagged andy warhol, april in paris, comedy, competition, cost of living crisis, drama, eiffel tower, europe, european, ferry, france, groundhog day, holiday, housing market, hull, john godber, magazine, nigel farage, paris, play, review, richmond theatre, romcom, the wizard of oz, theatre, time capsule, travel, ukip, unemployment, whos afraid of virginia woolf, win
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Edinburgh, Teacher of the Year and Is That Allowed?!
My articles in the July issue of Dance Today, out now: Fringe benefits From sexy samba and surreal circus to comic tapping, the dance highlights of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Hip hop hooray Dance Today Teacher of the Year T. Damien Anyasi talks London Olympics and breakin’ boundaries Latin scorcher In … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, ballroom, circus, competition, dance, dance hold, dancing, Darren Bennett, edinburgh, festival, france, fringe, gay pride, in the heights, Lilia Kopylova, london, musical, norwich, olympics, paris, peter tatchell, review, richmond theatre, same sex dance, seven brides for seven brothers, southwark playhouse, strictly, strictly come dancing, teacher, teacher of the year, theatre, theatre royal, winner
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