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Small Island, National Theatre
The 2004 prize-winning novel by Andrea Levy, who sadly passed away earlier this year, has been beautifully translated to stage by adaptor Helen Edmundson and NT head honcho Rufus Norris, using thrilling theatrical solutions to honour Levy’s epic – and still urgent – … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrea levy, book tickets, broadwayworld, caribbean, immigrant, immigration, jamaica, leah harvey, london, national theatre, play, review, rufus norris, second world war, small island, theatre, west indies, windrush
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Macbeth, National Theatre
We begin and end with a grisly decapitation. And that’s rather the problem with this intermittently engaging Macbeth, which starts in the throes of some unspecified dystopian hellscape, and thus has nowhere to go. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anne-marie duff, broadwayworld, london, macbeth, national theatre, review, rory kinnear, rufus norris, shakespeare, theatre
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BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner
The former Artistic Director of the National Theatre discusses memoir Balancing Acts, and his new Bridge Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alan bennett, artistic director, audra mcdonald, balancing acts, beginning, benedict cumberbatch, book, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, buy, carousel, curious incident of the dog in the night time, danny boyle, director, diversity, follies, frankenstein, his dark materials, interview, johnny lee miller, london, martin mcdonagh, memoir, musical, national theatre, new writing, nicholas hytner, nick starr, one man two guvnors, philip pullman, richard eyre, rufus norris, the book of dust, the history boys, tom morris, war horse, west end, young marx
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Mosquitoes, National Theatre
In the immediate, heartbroken aftermath of the EU Referendum, I had some very uncharitable thoughts about the right to vote. Perhaps it should involve some kind of IQ test, or at least a demonstrable ability to tell the difference between … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged belief, brexit, broadwayworld, child, eu, experts, faith, family, international, internet, large hadron collider, london, lucy kirkwood, metropolitan elite, mosquitoes, mother, national theatre, olivia colman, olivia williams, parent, physics, quaker, referendum, review, rufus norris, science, stupid, teenager, theatre, trump
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My Country; a work in progress, National Theatre
How quickly should art react? The National’s Great Britain opened right on the heels of the 2014 phone-hacking trial, and here again the theatre is speedy with this response to the EU referendum. But, as with Brexit itself, the piece … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged boris johnson, brexit, britain, british, broadwayworld, carol ann duffy, david cameron, eu referendum, leave, my country, nation, national, national theatre, nigel farage, politician, politics, remain, review, rufus norris, tour
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BWW Interview: Toby Coffey
The National Theatre’s Head of Digital Development talks VR, 360 film and new ways to tell stories. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 360 film, 59 productions, app, bbc, broadwayworld, calais, digital, easter rising, fabulous wonder.land, google daydream, headset, home aamir, immersive storytelling studio, interview, jungle, me and my shadow, national theatre, oculus rift, oscar raby, playstation, ready player one, refugee, rufus norris, samsung, the plough and the stars, theatre, toby coffey, virtual reality, vr, wonder.land
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Richard Madden and Lily James’s Romeo and Juliet leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
From buzzy Shakespeare productions and satirical opera to Sideways and dance at the Old Vic. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, a view from islington north, arts theatre, best, blue/orange, book tickets, brecht, broadwayworld, caryl churchill, cinderella, David Hare, derek jacobi, drew mconie, emma rice, garrick theatre, george bernard shaw, globe, hampstead theatre, jekyll and hyde, kenneth branagh, lawrence after arabia, lily james, london, mark ravenhill, max stafford-clark, may, michael morpurgo, national theatre, new, old vic, open air theatre, orange tree theatre, paul miller, regents park, rex pickett, richard madden, robert louis stevenson, romeo and juliet, rory kinnear, rufus norris, running wild, satire, shakespeare, sideways, st james theatre, stage, the philanderer, the threepenny opera, theatre, top 10, west end, young vic
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Everyman, National Theatre
As we stagger towards electoral chaos, isn’t it comforting to think there might be a master plan at work? That Russell Brand’s meddling is preordained, or Cameron’s ‘brain fade’ an act of divine intervention? The second play in Rufus Norris’s … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 12 years a slave, 15th century, artistic director, carol ann duffy, chiwetel ejiofor, christianity, dance, dancing, david cameron, death, divine, don draper, drama, ed miliband, election, everyman, faith, god, javier de frutos, london, mad men, morality play, movement, nation, national, national theatre, olivier, play, poet, poet laureate, poetry, religion, review, rufus norris, russell brand, salvation, sharon d clarke, singing, song, state of the nation, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre
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Little Light, Orange Tree Theatre
The Orange Tree’s renaissance continues with this searing piece from playwright of the moment Alice Birch, who will shortly follow up last year’s subversive Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again with an interrogation of the porn industry for Rufus Norris’s debut … Continue reading
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Tagged alice birch, baby, blame, child, comedy, death, die, domestic, drama, family, grief, guilt, horror, little light, london, loss, memory, missing, national theatre, nostalgia, orange tree, parent, play, porn, pregnant, remember, review, richmond, rufus norris, sibling, sister, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre
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