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Tag Archives: star
All About Eve, Noel Coward Theatre
Fasten your seatbelts! Ivo van Hove has taken on the ultimate quotable backstage melodrama: Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1950 Oscar-winning film about a celebrated actress and her young wannabe assistant. And the modern star power is assured: Gillian Anderson succeeds Bette … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, all about eve, backstage, book tickets, broadwayworld, celebrity, cheap tickets, gillian anderson, ivo van hove, lily james, london, noel coward theatre, play, review, star, theatre, ticket deal, west end
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Why we return to long-running shows
BroadwayWorld reviewers reflects on their experiences and share their all-time favourites. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged beautiful, blood brothers, broadwayworld, evita, hamilton, harry potter and the cursed child, jersey boys, jesus christ superstar, kinky boots, les miserables, london, musical, rent, star, the lion king, the phantom of the opera, theare, understudy, west end, wicked
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BWW Interview: Beverley Knight on THE BODYGUARD
The soul singer-turned-West End star discusses returning to the lead role of Rachel Marron. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, ben richards, beverley knight, broadwayworld, i have nothing, i'm every woman, interview, karen bruce, memphis, musical theatre, queen of the night, rachel marron, royal studios, singer, soul, star, the bodyguard, the greatest love of all, west end, whitney houston
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Women triumph in Branagh’s starry rep
Continuing the Olivier comparisons, Kenneth Branagh has established an eponymous rep company and year-long Garrick season. It opens with a problematic Shakespeare problem play and incongruous Rattigan double bill – material made financially viable by a starry cast of veterans … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged all on her own, branagh, celebrity, drama, garrick theatre, ham and high, harlequinade, jessie buckley, judi dench, kenneth branagh, king, london, olivier, play, problem play, rattigan, review, rob ashford, shakespeare, star, the winters tale, theatre, west end, zoe wanamaker
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
It wouldn’t be Strictly without the epic trolling that is the scoring. Welcome back to judgement as alarmingly random as Caligula’s hiring policies. Some celebs benefitted from the Week 1 Magic 8-Ball, others have cause to grumble, with particular howlers … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged anita rani, anton, ballroom, bbc, blog, carol kirkwood, celeb, celebrity, cha cha, claudia winkleman, competition, dad dancing, dance, dance today, dancing, dancing times, darcey bussell, dirty dancing, emoji, gleb, helen george, it takes two, jive, judge, katie derham, latin, leaderboard, magazine, mark, peter andre, recap, review, scd, score, star, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tess daly, tv, tweet, twitter, waltz
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Orson’s Shadow, Southwark Playhouse
The latest transatlantic transfer is curiously esoteric, concerning as it does an obscure period in the lives of two great men: Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles. The centenary of the latter’s birth makes this an apt moment for the European … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actor, austin pendleton, backstage, celebrity, chicago, citizen kane, critic, director, drama, falstaff, film, gone with the wind, history, hollywood, ionesco, joan plowright, kenneth tynan, laurence olivier, london, movie, new york, off broadway, orson welles, orsons shadow, play, review, rhinoceros, royal court, shakespeare, southwark playhouse, stage, star, steppenwolf, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, vivien leigh, wesker
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The Armour, The Langham Hotel
The Langham has marked its 150th anniversary in theatrical fashion by commissioning an original drama spanning several decades – and floors – from emerging company Defibrillator, whose Tennessee Williams trio at this venue impressed last year. Now Ben Ellis checks … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1870s, 1970s, anniversary, bbc, ben ellis, defibrillator, docklands, drama, emperor, empire, eugenie, exile, finty williams, france, french, hannah spearritt, historical, history, hotel, interview, london, music, napoleon, past, play, pop, radio, recording, review, s club 7, shipping container, site specific, star, tennessee williams, the arts desk, the langham, theartsdesk, theatre, tour, vietnam
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