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Rutherford and Son, National Theatre
Rain gushes down the front of the Lyttelton stage, a pitiless wall of water trapping and framing the Rutherfords – a clan very much defined by their environment. It’s an arresting image to open Polly Findlay’s sure revival of Githa … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, factory, family, feminist, githa sowerby, industrial, national theatre, north, polly findlay, review, roger allam, rutherford and son, tyneside
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Europe leads June’s Top 10 new London shows
From a drama about Europe to immersive Shakespeare and open-air opera. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, bernadette peters, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, bronx gothic, cheap tickets, concert, donmar warehouse, dove cameron, education education education, eno, europe, game of thrones, gielgud theatre, gwendoline christie, hansel and gretel, jermyn street theatre, london, lyceum theatre, lyn nottage, martha plimpton, musical, national theatre, new, open air theatre, opera, oscar wilde, pictures of dorian gray, play, regents park, renee fleming, roger allam, royal festival hall, rutherford and son, shakespeare, sweat, the light in the piazza, theatre, ticket deal, top 10, trafalgar studios, visit london, west end, young vic
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Tina leads April’s Top 10 new London shows
From a buzzy new musical to returning favourites. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abba, absolute hell, aldwych theatre, almeida, april, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, chess, chicago, cuba gooding jr, David Hare, drama, duke of yorks theatre, easter, eno, instructions for correct assembly, jermyn street theatre, london, london coliseum, musical, national theatre, noel coward, noel coward theatre, phoenix theatre, piccadilly theatre, play, quiz, roger allam, romola garai, royal court, sale, strictly ballroom, the moderate soprano, the writer, ticket deal, tina, tina turner, tonight at 8:30, visit london, west end
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Moderate Soprano is a moderate success
Following Farinelli and the King, here’s another gently aimless drama about opera and – more circuitously – the inestimable value of art. David Hare takes us back to 1934 and the birth of Glyndebourne, with Rae Smith’s design illustrating its … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hare, drama, germany, glyndebourne, ham and high, hampstead theatre, jeremy herrin, jewish, london, music, musician, nazi, opera, play, review, roger allam, second world war, the moderate soprano, theatre, war
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School of hard knocks
Writing is not a spectator sport. Theresa Rebeck’s wryly cynical 2011 play sets out to disprove that fact by focussing on the hoopla surrounding the act of putting pen to paper, from battling personal demons to the grim pragmatism of … Continue reading
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Tagged alan rickman, america, book, charity wakefield, class, drama, hampstead, hampstead theatre, hollywood, literary, london, new york, novel, novelist, play, review, roger allam, seminar, student, tamara drewe, teacher, terry johnson, theatre, theresa rebeck, writer, writing
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Pick of the Week
All the world’s a stage this week, with Sofie Gråbøl, Kristin Scott Thomas and Roger Allam treading the boards. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here
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Tagged alan rickman, birmingham, broadway, drama, edinburgh festival, electra, evita, gate theatre, hackney empire, hampstead theatre, kristin scott thomas, lenny henry, london, national theatre, newsletter, old vic, pick of the week, play, reggae, review, roger allam, rudys rare records, scotland, sofie grabol, the arts desk, the james plays, the killing, theartsdesk, theatre, west end
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