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Experience a new take on history at these West End shows
From Handbagged to Tom, Dick and Harry. Read my full London Theatre article here
Discover the West End shows nominated for Tony Awards
From Six and The Lehman Trilogy to Company. Read my full London Theatre article here
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Tagged awards, bob dylan, caroline or change, company, girl from the north country, hangmen, london, musical, new york, nominated, olivier awards, patti lupone, play, sharon d clarke, six, sondheim, the lehman trilogy, theatre, tony awards, tony awards 2022, tonys, west end
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Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Lucy Moss puts the ‘camp’ into campus with her riotous, inclusive revival. Read my full theartsdesk review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged courtney bowman, legally blonde, london, lucy moss, musical, open air theatre, regents park, review, six, theartsdesk, theatre
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Commemorate Stephen Sondheim’s birthday in the West End
The late, great composer would have been 92 today. Here’s how to mark the occasion. Read my full London Theatre article here
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Tagged anyone can whistle, birthday, cock, drama, hamilton, legacy, les miserables, london, london theatre, maria friedman, merrily we roll along, musical, play, six, sondheim, sondheim theatre, stephen sondheim, theatre, west end
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Six, Vaudeville Theatre
Welcome back, Queens! Or rather welcome to your new home. Read my full London Theatre review here
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Tagged henry VIII, london, london theatre, musical, queendom, review, six, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end
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Why is Oliver Dowden ‘coming to the theatre one week and watching us close the next’?
London’s abrupt move into Tier 3, meaning that theatres have had to close their shows with very little notice, has decimated a slowly recovering sector. Producer Kenny Wax had just reopened his musical, SIX, at the Lyric Theatre in the … Continue reading
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‘They’re making up the rules as they go along’: the theatre producer trapped between tiers
The reveal of which areas are in which tier is “bittersweet” news for theatre producer Kenny Wax. He’s had two companies – one touring, one West End – rehearsing the musical SIX in adjacent rooms. Yesterday, the former group learnt their production won’t be opening as … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, book tickets, christmas, covid, december, government, kenny wax, london, lowry, manchester, musical, pantomime, producer, queendom, salford, six, six the musical, stage, telegraph, theatre, tier 1, tier 2, tier 3, tier system, tiers, west end
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Six’s ruined reopening: ‘The cast moved and got tested – then I had to break the news on Zoom’
It’s been three times unlucky for Six in 2020. The British musical had to close its US production on what would have been opening night, as Broadway shuttered; local outbreaks scuppered its summer drive-in tour; and, now, the second lockdown has put back … Continue reading
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Roundup: Check Out These Socially Distanced Shows
Hurrah for the green shoots in our beleaguered industry. Lots of venues are mounting new shows and bringing back our favourites over the next few weeks and months – albeit with social distancing and safety measures in place. Here are … Continue reading
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