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Thomas Cole, The Lehman Trilogy, The Wife and Caitlin Moran
On my September MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition TheNational Gallery spotlights American landscape artist Thomas Cole Film Glenn Close is riveting – and Oscar-tipped – in The Wife Theatre An epic story told by a trio of actors in The Lehman Trilogy at the National … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, book, caitlin moran, cinema, commute, commuter, exhibition, fiction, film, gallery, glenn close, how to be famous, lehman brothers, london, metoo, moveto, moveto town and country magazine, movie, national gallery, national theatre, oscar, play, read, review, sam mendes, simon russell beale, the lehman trilogy, the wife, theatre, things to do, thomas cole, turner, visit london
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The Lehman Trilogy, National Theatre
Through one family and one company, Italian playwright Stefano Massini tackles big topics: the development of Western capitalism, the immigrant experience, the American Dream. But this isn’t just any family – it’s the Lehman Brothers, the collapse of whose banking … Continue reading
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Tagged adam godley, america, american dream, bank, ben miles, ben power, book tickets, broadwayworld, es devlin, finance, immigrant, jewish, lehman brothers, london, market crash, national theatre, new york, play, review, sam mendes, simon russell beale, stock exchange, the lehman trilogy, theatre, visit london, wall street
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The Lehman Trilogy leads July’s Top 10 new London shows
From a new theatrical epic to Shakespeare and musical spoof. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Woyzeck leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
From new takes on Brecht and Büchner to Jez Butterworth’s latest and a classic musical. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Solid but unremarkable Lear does what it says on the tin
Indefatigable character actor David Ryall, stalwart of Olivier’s Old Vic and Peter Hall’s National, now best known to youngsters as Dumbledore’s pal and Grandad in Outnumbered, finally graduates to leading man in Darker Purpose Theatre’s King Lear at The Cockpit. … Continue reading
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Tagged cockpit, darker purpose, david ryall, ham & high, harry potter, king lear, london, national theatre, old vic, olivier, outnumbered, peter hall, play, review, ronseal, sam mendes, shakespeare, stage, theatre
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Wonderfully lucid Lear with a licence to thrill
Fresh from Skyfall triumph, Sam Mendes swaps Bond for the Bard and Daniel Craig for long-time collaborator Simon Russell Beale in a wonderfully lucid King Lear, certain to please aficionados and win over newcomers. Mendes’s Lear is the tyrant of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Scarborough, anna maxwell martin, drama, ham & high, james bond, king lear, london, national theatre, olivier, play, review, sam mendes, shakespeare, simon russell beale, skyfall, theatre, wheel of fortune
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All sugar, no spice
There once lived a towering creative genius with the power to change children’s lives, who believed in both embracing the euphoria of silliness and relishing the very nasty consequences of natural justice. That statement applies to Willy Wonka, beloved titan … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, benefits, book, charlie and the chocolate factory, children, chocolate, david greig, dickens, douglas hodge, drama, film, hairspray, kardashian, Marc Shaiman, matilda, musical, oliver!, pension, play, review, roald dahl, sam mendes, Scott Wittman, song, theatre, tim minchin, west end, willy wonka
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