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Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp., Royal Court
Caryl Churchill returns with a new quartet of shorts – and, at 81, she’s still one of the most daring, formally inventive and linguistically dexterous playwrights working today. There’s never any sense that her work could slide into another medium; … Continue reading
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Tagged bluebeard, book tickets, broadwayworld, caryl churchill, deborah findlay, family, glass, imp, james macdonald, kill, killing, london, myth, play, review, royal court, story, theatre, toby jones, violence
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A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre
Hot off award-winning film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and reunited with Matthew Dunster, who directed his hit Hangmen, Martin McDonagh brings his latest to the Bridge – quite a coup for Nick Hytner. Yet this provocative take on Hans Christian Andersen, and on the nature … Continue reading
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Tagged a very very very dark matter, author, belgium, book, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, charles dickens, colonialisation, congo, fiction, hangmen, hans christian andersen, jim broadbent, london, martin mcdonagh, phil daniels, race, review, story, three billboards
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Describe the Night, Hampstead Theatre
American playwright Rajiv Joseph’s latest certainly doesn’t lack for ambition, spanning 90 years, three countries, and mixing history and fiction in its form to make a point about, well, mixing history and fiction. Storytelling through to the pertinent “fake news” … Continue reading
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Tagged ben caplan, berlin wall, broadwayworld, david birrell, describe the night, drama, east germany, fake news, hampstead theatre, isaac babel, kgb, lisa spirling, london, moscow, nikolai yezhov, plane crash, play, poland, propaganda, putin, rajiv joseph, rebecca o'mara, review, russia, secret police, smolensk, soviet, spy, stalin, story, theatre
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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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Engaging comment on liberal guilt
Post-colonial turmoil, rival militias, and a fought-over mineral key to mobile phones and computers: just some of the complex problems in the Congo tackled by Adam Brace’s educational if sprawling three-hour play. It intelligently reframes the region as far more … Continue reading
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Tagged adam brace, almeida theatre, charity, colonialism, coltan, congo, congolese, festival, islington gazette, michael longhurst, rape, review, story, they drink it in the congo, um bongo
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They Drink It In The Congo, Almeida Theatre
How long does it take to cover the complex problems in the Congo, AKA the most dangerous place in the world? Adam Brace’s play has a semi-joking educational sequence that attempts it in four and a half minutes – putting … Continue reading
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Tagged adam brace, almeida theatre, broadwayworld, charity, colonialism, coltan, congo, congolese, festival, michael longhurst, rape, review, story, they drink it in the congo, um bongo
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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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Tagged article, berry gordy, bugsy malone, choreographer, choreography, competition, dance, dancing, dancing times, drew mconie, in the heights, interview, jekyll and hyde, london, magazine, motown, motown the musical, musical, old vic, olivier award, performance, pink jukebox trophy, review, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, shaftesbury theatre, stepping out, story, west end
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Housing, cycling and movies for your ears
Highlights of my November MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Crisis management New London Architecture’s competition winners propose solutions for London’s affordable housing shortage Don’t miss: Two wheels good The Design Museum celebrates the cycling boom with a new exhibition … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, art, audio, bike, biography, book, boris bikes, bradley wiggins, buy, chris hoy, commute, commuter, competition, cycling, design museum, exhibition, generation rent, house, housing, housing crisis, housing shortage, jonathan bate, live, london, london 2012, mayor of london, moveto, moveto town and country, new london architecture, nla, olympics, peter murray, podcast, property, read, sell, story, team sky, ted hughes, the truth, tour de france, winner
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