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Simply the best

Posted on April 25, 2018 by mkmswain

Actress Adrienne Warren discusses playing Tina Turner in new West End musical Tina. Read my full Dancing Times article here Advertisements

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adrienne warren, dancing, dancing times, interview, london, musical, pop, rock, singer, singing, song, theatre, tina, tina turner, west end | Leave a comment

Bat Out of Hell, Dominion Theatre

Posted on April 19, 2018 by mkmswain

Back by feverishly popular demand, Jim Steinman’s mega-musical is no longer in danger of alarming unsuspecting operagoers. A year on from its Coliseum debut, this indisputably bonkers show moves to the West End venue it was surely always destined for – … Continue reading →

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Tina, Aldwych Theatre

Posted on April 18, 2018 by mkmswain

It is, perhaps, a tale that suffers from overfamiliarity. Tina Turner’s rags-to-riches story – from humble beginnings as little Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her discovery, reinvention and sickening abuse by husband and manager Ike Turner, and finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adrienne warren, america, biography, ike turner, london, musical, phil spector, proud mary, review, river deep, rock, simply the best, theartsdesk, tina, tina the musical, tina turner, west end | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Gary Trainor

Posted on June 5, 2017 by mkmswain

The actor discusses leading West End musical School of Rock. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actor, alternate, andrew lloyd webber, band, beautiful the carole king musical, broadwayworld, david fynn, dewey, gary trainor, interview, london, musical, musician, new london theatre, rock, school of rock, singer, tonight at the london palladium, west end | Leave a comment

School of Rock, New London Theatre

Posted on November 17, 2016 by mkmswain

Andrew Lloyd Webber may seem an unlikely rock god, but he’s managed to harness anarchic musical liberation for this big-hearted, irresistibly entertaining new show, adapted from the popular Jack Black film. Its success on Broadway looks likely to be replicated … Continue reading →

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Murder Ballad, Arts Theatre

Posted on October 7, 2016 by mkmswain

Ye olde love triangle returns, this time as the centrepiece of a rock chamber musical that premiered Off-Broadway in 2013 and now makes its UK premiere. There’s a good guy, a bad boy, and the promise of a violent end, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged arts theatre, julia jordan, juliana nash, kerry ellis, london, murder ballad, musical, new york, norman bowman, ramin karimloo, review, rock, theartsdesk, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, west end | Leave a comment

We Made It: Stufish Entertainment Architects

Posted on February 21, 2016 by mkmswain

Set designer and architect Ric Lipson on creating work for U2, Madonna, Chinese theatre and a new West End version of The War of the Worlds. Read my full theartsdesk interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged architect, beijing olympics, china, cirque du soleil, dai show, designer, dominion theatre, drama, london, madonna, martian fighting machine, music, pink floyd, play, pop, queen, ric lipson, rock, set design, stadium, stufish entertainment architects, the rolling stones, the war of the worlds, theatre, tour, u2, west end | Leave a comment

Xanadu, Southwark Playhouse

Posted on November 3, 2015 by mkmswain

It trashed Olivia Newton-John’s film career, halted the movie-musical revival, and was so critically reviled it led to the creation of the Razzies. How, then, could the stage version of hubristic 1980 flop Xanadu become a 2007 Broadway hit? The answer, … Continue reading →

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Pick of the Week

Posted on June 25, 2015 by mkmswain

It’s the best of the festivals this week on theartsdesk, with reports from Glastonbury, Hyde Park and Vortex Jazz Club, plus Rob Delaney, the Welsh in Patagonia and David Suchet’s Lady Bracknell. Read my full newsletter here

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Hidden treasures, war poets and Dracula

Posted on August 29, 2014 by mkmswain

In my Compass magazine Arts pages this month: Discover hidden treasures with Heritage Open Days New play explores Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon’s lives and work Fist pump to ’80s-tastic Rock of Ages Scary Little Girls’ blood-curdling Dracula Revered printmaker Colin See-Paynton shares his nocturnal encounters … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: rock

Simply the best

Bat Out of Hell, Dominion Theatre

Tina, Aldwych Theatre

BWW Interview: Gary Trainor

School of Rock, New London Theatre

Murder Ballad, Arts Theatre

We Made It: Stufish Entertainment Architects

Xanadu, Southwark Playhouse

Hidden treasures, war poets and Dracula

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