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TikTok’s old-school books boom: why Gen Z fell in love with ‘dark academia’

Posted on July 27, 2022 by mkmswain

Dusty libraries, long-haired youths writing poetry, candlelight rituals… TikTok’s love for old books is driving a publishing bonanza. Read my full Telegraph article here

Posted in Fiction, Journalism | Tagged booktok, gen z, gothic, influencer, novel, olivie blake, publishing, social media, telegraph, the atlas six, tiktok, waterstones | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Sam Tutty

Posted on January 3, 2020 by mkmswain

The actor discusses tackling the lead role in hit musical Dear Evan Hansen. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, dear evan hansen, interview, london, musical, pasek and paul, sam tutty, social media, teenager, ticket deal, todaytix, visit london, waving through a window, west end | Leave a comment

Dear Evan Hansen, Noël Coward Theatre

Posted on November 19, 2019 by mkmswain

Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen is an institution in the States, running on Broadway since 2016 and currently on its second year of a national tour. It also made a star of original leading … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged ben platt, benj pasek, book tickets, broadway, dear evan hansen, death, depression, evan hansen, facebook, internet, justin paul, kickstarter, lauren ward, london, memorial, mental health, musical, rebecca mckinnis, review, sam tutty, school, social media, suicide, teenager, theartsdesk, viral, west end | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Dr Daniel Sokol

Posted on August 27, 2019 by mkmswain

The medical ethicist discusses his consultation on Robert Icke’s The Doctor at the Almeida Theatre. Read my full interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abortion, almeida theatre, alzheimers, antisemitism, barrister, book tickets, broadywayworld, christian, class, daniel sokol, dementia, faith, gender, identity, identity politics, interview, jewish, juliet stevenson, lawyer, london, medical ethicist, medical ethics, medicine, paul higgins, play, race, religion, review, robert icke, social media, surgeon, the doctor, theatre | Leave a comment

The Doctor, Almeida Theatre

Posted on August 21, 2019 by mkmswain

Robert Icke, an associate director at the Almeida for the past six years, bids farewell in typically bold and epic fashion with his latest contemporary update. Arthur Schnitzler’s Professor Bernhardi, which premiered in 1912, has been skilfully reconfigured as an interrogation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abortion, almeida theatre, alzheimers, antisemitism, book tickets, broadwayworld, christian, class, dementia, faith, gender, identity, identity politics, jewish, juliet stevenson, london, medicine, paul higgins, play, race, religion, review, robert icke, social media, surgeon, the doctor, theatre | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Laura Benanti

Posted on June 17, 2019 by mkmswain

The Tony-winning actress discusses making her London concert debut. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, book tickets, broadway, broadwayworld, cabaret, cadogan hall, concert, eliza, gypsy, interview, laura benanti, london, melania trump, musical, musical theatre, my fair lady, she loves me, social media, tony award, west end | Leave a comment

Beginning, National Theatre

Posted on October 13, 2017 by mkmswain

It seems to be the week for notable romcom two-handers. Joining Simon Stephens’ Heisenberg and David Ireland’s The End of Hope is David Eldridge’s meditation on the loneliness and halting longing of modern relationships. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged beginning, broadwayworld, child, dating, david eldridge, justine mitchell, london, love, national theatre, parent, play, polly findlay, review, romance, sam troughton, sex, social media, theatre | Leave a comment

Dark Tourism, Park Theatre

Posted on October 2, 2015 by mkmswain

Stop press: our rampant celebrity culture might not be wholly positive! If you’ve already been apprised of that fact some time in the past century, go ahead and skip actor Daniel Dingsdale’s debut play, which – along with Steve Thompson’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, celeb, celebrity, dark tourism, drama, fame, famous, jonathan ross, journalist, london, lucy kirkwood, media, network, nsfw, paparazzi, park theatre, play, pr, princess diana, radio, reality tv, review, russell brand, sex, sex tape, singer, social media, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, x factor, xfm | Leave a comment

A dazzling debate about privacy in the digital age

Posted on May 2, 2014 by mkmswain

Leave your smartphones on when entering the theatre. But beware: playful audience participation comes at a price. You’re not just sending a selfie – you’re laying yourself open to brutal public data mining. It’s a neat microcosm of the social … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged apple, clubcard, data, data mining, donmar warehouse, edward snowden, facebook, google, google maps, guardian, ham & high, hampstead, highgate, human rights, ipad, iphone, itunes, james ball, james graham, josie rourke, liberty, london, loyalty card, metadata, north london, orwell, play, privacy, review, security, selfie, shakespeare, shopping, smartphone, social media, spy, supermarket, terms and conditions, tesco, the tempest, theatre, twitter, washington post, william hague | Leave a comment

Swimming pool tale unafraid to tackle horror in deep end

Posted on April 24, 2014 by mkmswain

A kiss is an innocent thing. So claims Brandon, the swimming coach accused of inappropriate contact, but in Josep Maria Miró i Coromina’s unsettling Archimedes’ Principle at Park Theatre, innocence is constantly reframed by context. Are we more likely to … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged archimedes, archimedes principle, catalan, child, cps, drama, facebook, finsbury park, islington, islington gazette, jimmy savile, Josep Maria Miro i Coromina, law, legal, london, nigel evans, north london, paedophile, parent, park theatre, Pedophilia, play, Premi Born de Teatre, rape, review, social media, spain, swimming, theatre, twitter | Leave a comment

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