Tag Archives: soho theatre

The West End Frame Show

Posted on October 28, 2019 by mkmswain

Had the great pleasure of joining theatre podcast The West End Frame Show as a guest co-host, discussing recent openings and news. Listen to it here!

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, caissie levy, casting, cora bissett, dancing times, dave malloy, dear evan hansen, journalist, les miserables, london, musical, play, podcast, preludes, regents park open air, review, soho theatre, southwark playhouse, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, theatre, west end, west end frame, west end frame show, what girls are made of | Leave a comment

Neat freaks beware: Touch is your ultimate nightmare. This latest offering from DryWrite, the company that launched the now stratospheric Fleabag, centres on another woman with a chaotic personal life – this time, mirrored by the symphony of filth that is her cramped … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged amy morgan, bdsm, broadwayworld, comedy, drama, DryWrite, female, feminism, feminist, fleabag, kink, london, love, phoebe waller-bridge, play, review, romance, sex, soho theatre, taboo, theatre, touch, vicky jones, welsh, woman | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Alt-cabaret Star Bridget Everett

Posted on July 12, 2016 by mkmswain

New York alt-cabaret queen Bridget Everett on working with Amy Schumer and Patti LuPone, and what audiences can expect at her first British gig. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged amy schumer, bridget everett, broadwayworld, cabaret, comedian, comedy, comedy central, interview, london, new york, singing, soho theatre, theatre | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Playwright Phoebe Eclair-Powell

Posted on July 1, 2016 by mkmswain

Phoebe Eclair-Powell began training as an actress at the Drama Centre London, but soon switched over to playwriting. She’s worked with the National Youth Theatre on their Epic Stages programme, and her debut play WINK premiered at Theatre503 last year. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged drama, fury, interview, london, medea, phoebe eclair-powell, play, single mother, single mum, soho theatre, theatre | Leave a comment

Cyrano de Bergerac Leads This Week’s Top 10 New London Shows

Posted on February 22, 2016 by mkmswain

From an all-female reimagining of a classic tale to a late, great Shakespeare, here are some of this week’s most eye-catching openings. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged best, book, broadwayworld, cabaret, cyrano de bergerac, firebird, florian zeller, globe, harry potter, i see you, jack thorne, laurence fox, london, miss julie, national theatre, Noma Dumezweni, park theatre, penny arcade, play, royal court, sam wanamaker playhouse, shakespeare, soho theatre, southwark playhouse, the father, the patriotic traitor, the tempest, theatre, tickets, tom conti, top 10, trafalgar studios, vault festival, west end | Leave a comment

Pick of the Week

Posted on January 7, 2016 by mkmswain

Awards season hots up, the next Harry Potter headlines a Broadway classic, and epics are reimagined on both stage and screen. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here

Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged 2016, akram khan, awards, barbican, beowulf, best, broadway, comedy, coming up, creed, dance, dancing, drama, film, game of thrones, grey gardens, guys and dolls, harry potter, itv, jackie kennedy, jamie parker, jericho, jessica raine, leonardo dicaprio, london, movie, musical, new year, news, newsletter, oscar, pick, play, resolution, review, rocky, roundhouse, Simon Rattle, soho theatre, tarantino, the arts desk, the hateful eight, the revenant, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, west end, western | Leave a comment

Wet House, Soho Theatre

Posted on October 24, 2014 by mkmswain

When gifting the unheard a voice, the temptation is often to make it a solemn one. Thankfully, Paddy Campbell has, for the most part, sidestepped puritanical preaching in his debut play based on experiences working at a ‘wet house’, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged addict, addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, drama, drink, drunk, health care, homeless, hostel, live theatre, london, newcastle, paddy campbell, play, rehab, rehabilitation, review, social services, soho theatre, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, wet house | Leave a comment

Jezebel, Soho Theatre

Posted on August 15, 2014 by mkmswain

If comedy is tragedy plus time, either too much has elapsed since the fictional events of Jezebel, or not quite enough. Newcomer Mark Cantan’s uneven screwball pitting a methodical couple against a scatter-brained opposite, with wacky misunderstandings aplenty, lacks the … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged comedy, design for living, farce, friends, ireland, irish, jezebel, london, mark cantan, noel coward, play, review, sex, sitcom, soho, soho theatre, theatre, threes company, threesome | Leave a comment

Trouble shared

Posted on June 2, 2014 by mkmswain

Owen McCafferty’s spellbinding study of violence, truth and forgiveness has gained extra resonance since its 2012 premiere at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. In fact, its appearance at the Soho seems almost eerily appropriate, coming as it does in the wake of Gerry … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abbey theatre, bargain theatreland, belfast, bomb, catholic, drama, dublin, european election, football, gerry adams, intolerance, ira, irish troubles, london, northern ireland, Owen McCafferty, play, protestant, quietly, review, soho theatre, terrorist, the disappeared, theatre, ukip, Ulster Volunteer Force, uvf, world cup | Leave a comment

Super shoes, fair play, jazz hands and Blackpool

Posted on May 2, 2014 by mkmswain

My articles in the May issue of Dance Today, out now: These shoes are made for dancing The development of perfect dance shoes, plus best footwear for beginners and pros, ballroom and Latin, and stunning Strictly stats Murder on the dancefloor Have we … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged ballroom, bbc, centenary, competition, cuban heel, dance, dance shoes, dance today, dancesport, dancing, dancing on ice, dirty rotten scoundrels, dsi, fair play, first world war, International Dance Shoes, latin, magazine, musical, Paoul, remembrance, review, sabotage, salsa, savoy theatre, scd, shoes, soho theatre, stage, strictly, strictly come dancing, supadance, tour, tv, war, wembley arena, west end, world war one, ww1 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: soho theatre

The West End Frame Show

Touch, Soho Theatre

BWW Interview: Alt-cabaret Star Bridget Everett

BWW Interview: Playwright Phoebe Eclair-Powell

Cyrano de Bergerac Leads This Week’s Top 10 New London Shows

Jezebel, Soho Theatre

Trouble shared

Super shoes, fair play, jazz hands and Blackpool

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