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Hansard, National Theatre
Can any fictional political tale top the latest dramatic entry in the Brexit Chronicles? Actor Simon Woods has a good crack at it with his debut play, featuring the powerhouse pairing of Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan and sure directorial … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, alex jennings, book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, conservative, gay, government, hansard, homosexual, husband, lindsay duncan, london, marriage, mp, national theatre, play, politician, politics, review, section 28, simon woods, son, theatre, tory, wife
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BWW Interview: Josie Walker
The actress discusses acclaimed new British musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged actress, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, deal, discount, documentary, drag queen, everybodys talking about jamie, gay, interview, josie walker, london, mother, mum, musical, parent, sale, save, sheffield, singer, son, theatre, visit london, west end
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Big Fish, The Other Palace
Based on Daniel Wallace’s novel and Tim Burton’s 2003 film adaptation, this musical is quite the oddity. Screenwriter John August has tinkered with the book since its brief Broadway run in 2013, but it remains an unfathomable mixture of magical … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, america, andrew lippa, big fish, broadwayworld, cheers, dancing, death, father, frasier, kelsey grammer, london, musical, parent, review, singing, son, story, the other palace, theatre, visit london, west end
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A Woman of No Importance, Vaudeville Theatre
Dominic Dromgoole’s new company Classic Spring kicks off its year-long celebration of Oscar Wilde with lesser-known 1893 work A Woman of No Importance. A starry cast, led by the incandescent Eve Best, makes a strong case for the play, though Dromgoole’s reclaiming of Wilde … Continue reading
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Tagged a woman of no importance, actress, anne reid, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, child, classic spring, comedy, Dominic Dromgoole, dominic rowan, emma fielding, eve best, ibsen, interview, london, marriage, mother, mrs allonby, oscar wilde, play, review, romance, ruin, sale, seduction, son, theatre, ticket deal, visit london, west end
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Apologia, Trafalgar Studios
Back in 2009, Alexi Kaye Campbell followed up his bold first play The Pride with Apologia, which takes the well-trodden path of a fraught family reunion where past grievances stalk the present. If more conventional, it’s still an enjoyable combination of big ideas, sharp … Continue reading
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Tagged alexi kaye campbell, america, american, apologia, baby boomer, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap, child, family, feminist, freema agyeman, jamie lloyd, laura carmichael, liberal, london, mother, obama, politics, protest, review, sixties, socialist, son, stockard channing, ticket deal, ticket discount, trafalgar studios, trump, west end
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BWW Interview: Freema Agyeman
The actress talks Doctor Who, Sense8 and making her West End debut in Apologia. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged activist, actress, alexi kaye campbell, apologia, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, child, discount, diversity, doctor who, female, feminism, feminist, freema agyeman, gay, interview, jamie lloyd, jodie whittaker, laura carmichael, lesbian, lgbtq, liberal, london, mother, netflix, parent, politics, radical, sci fi, sense8, sexuality, son, stage, stockard channing, the doctor, theatre, ticket deal, torchwood, transgender, tv, wachowski, west end
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The Mother, Tricycle Theatre
Anne longs for 23-year-old son Nicholas to return home. One night, he appears. Or does he? Welcome back to the queasily elliptical world of Florian Zeller, where certainty fractures as familiar elements are repeated, dissected, made strange and menacing. Zeller … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, child, christopher hampton, depression, drama, empty nest, father, florian zeller, gina mckee, london, mental illness, mother, mum, parent, pinter, play, review, son, the arts desk, the father, the mother, theartsdesk, theatre, theatre royal bath, tricycle theatre
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Husbands & Sons, National Theatre
If the thought of three hours of DH Lawrence fills you with dread, fear not. Ben Powers’ inspired melding of Lawrence’s trio of mining plays births a spellbindingly intimate epic with atmosphere thick as the coal dust engulfing this cloistered … Continue reading
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Tagged A Collier’s Friday Night, adaptation, anne-marie duff, ben powers, class, coal, constellations, country, daughter, dh lawrence, dorfman, drama, drink, drunk, east midlands, education, family, husband, husbands and sons, joe armstrong, london, louise brealey, marianne elliott, marriage, mine, miners, mining, money, national theatre, nottinghamshire, pit, play, review, rural, son, strike, the arts desk, The Daughter-in-Law, The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd, theartsdesk, theatre, village, wife
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Dear Lupin, Apollo Theatre
A sterling case is made for the lost art of letter-writing in Michael Simkins’ dramatisation of Roger Mortimer’s missives to his wayward son. Mortimer’s inimitable turn of phrase, preserved in epistolary form, is the highlight of a genial show notable … Continue reading
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