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Stepping Out, Vaudeville Theatre
Never mind Stepping Out – the real wonder of this production is Anna-Jane Casey stepping in for the injured Tamzin Outhwaite at such short notice. It’s a plot twist worthy of the backstage shenanigans in Richard Harris’s genial 1984 play … Continue reading
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Tagged amanda holden, anna-jane casey, broadwayworld, class, comedy, dance, dancing, eighties, london, maria friedman, play, review, richard harris, stepping out, strictly, strictly come dancing, tap, theatre, tracy-ann oberman, vaudeville theatre, west end
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
From starry Stoppard and Marber revivals to toe-tapping musicals and Elena Ferrante on stage. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged amanda holden, an american in paris, arts theatre, ballet, book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, dance, dancing, daniel radcliffe, david tennant, dominion theatre, don juan in soho, elena ferrante, garrick theatre, ian hislop, kate fleetwood, lee mead, london, lyric hammersmith, march, my brilliant friend, my country, national theare, old vic, rose theatre kingston, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, seventeen, stepping out, tap, the miser, the wipers times, theatre, tom stoppard, top 10, ugly lies the bone, vaudeville theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Talking tap on Mark Forrest’s show
I joined Mark Forrest on his BBC radio show to talk La La Land and the tap revival. Click here to listen to the interview (I’m on at about 2hr 42min)
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 42nd Street, an american in paris, bbc, class, dance, dancing, emma stone, interview, la la land, learn, mark forrest, musical, on the town, radio, ryan gosling, stepping out, tap, tap dance, theatre, west end
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Young audiences, Fun Competition and The Last Tango
My articles in the November issue of Dancing Times magazine, out now: Young at heart Family audiences are becoming a priority for dance companies and creatives The Last Tango Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace bring their final show to the West End Stepping Out Debuts … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, ballet, balletboyz, ballroom, bbc, birmingham royal ballet, book, broadcast, children, christmas, cinema, dance, dancing, dancing times, family, Flavia Cacace, jasmin vardiomon, kids, magazine, matthew bourne, music video, pinocchio, review, sadlers wells, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, scd, screen, stage, stepping out, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, the last tango, theatre, tv, uk fun competition, west end, young
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Strictly preview, Cuban flop and switching lead
My articles in the September issue of Dancing Times magazine, out now: Strictly Speaking Farewell to Len Goodman and hello to new pros in our Strictly preview Vamos Cuba! Nilda Guerra’s new Sadler’s Wells show is oddly uninspired Stepping Out Tackling the thorny topic of switching lead New in … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, ballroom, bbc, celebrity, competition, cuba, dance, dance phobia, dance show, dancing, ed balls, eurogames, havana, helsinki, judges, latin, len goodman, professional, review, sadlers wells, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, scd, stepping out, strictly, strictly come dancing, swapping lead, switching lead, theatre, tv, vamos cuba
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Helsinki EuroGames and curing dance phobia
My articles in the August issue of Dancing Times magazine, out now: How to cure dance phobia Tips for welcoming more audiences into the fold Stepping Out Close battles amid a friendly atmosphere at Helsinki EuroGames New in the Dancing Times section: Ten Big Years As the final … Continue reading
Big Dance and a trip to Paris
My articles in the July issue of Dancing Times magazine, out now: Ten Big Years As the final Big Dance festival arrives, a look at its history and legacy Stepping Out New nations and close rivalries at Le Rendez-Vous de Paris New in the Dancing Times section: Breakin’ … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, big dance, break dance, breakin convention, competition, dance, dancing, dancing times, eurogames, festival, helsinki, hip hop, interview, le rendez-vous de paris, paris, sadlers wells, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, stepping out
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Breakin’ Convention and Helsinki European Championships
My articles in the June issue of Dancing Times magazine, out now: Breakin’ Convention Hip hop heritage and boundary-pushing work at Sadler’s Wells’s annual festival Stepping Out A preview of this year’s Helsinki European Championships New in the Dancing Times section: The master storyteller Olivier Award-winning choreographer Drew … Continue reading
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Tagged break dance, breakin convention, choreographer, dance, dancing, dancing times, drew mconie, eurogames, european championships, festival, helsinki, hip hop, interview, jekyll and hyde, london, magazine, musical, old vic, olivier award, review, sadlers wells, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, stage, stepping out, street, theatre, west end
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Drew McOnie and new spaces for same-sex dance
My articles in the May issue of Dancing Times magazine, out now: The master storyteller Olivier Award-winning choreographer Drew McOnie on the value of narrative dance Stepping Out Same-sex European champions Stefan Lehner and Axel Zischka venture into new spaces New in the Dancing Times section: Motown the Musical … Continue reading
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Strictly Speaking: launch show
It’s back! Forget X Factor, forget Stepping Out, if you can (my eyes! Oh, my eyes!), for Strictly Come Dancing, the real star of Saturday-night entertainment, has returned, and it’s as joyously deranged as ever. We have a new studio (lovely big floor), new … Continue reading
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