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Pick of the Week
A new Coen caper, Hermione’s directing debut, ENO’s strike battle, and revolution in the music industry. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here
Posted in Art, Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
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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
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
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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Dourly funny insight into grind of factory life
This is the year of Richard Bean. The One Man, Two Guvnors creator is undergoing a renaissance, with 2014 boasting Pitcairn at the Globe, the National’s Great Britain and West End musical Made in Dagenham. Toast, transporting us to the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bread, chichester, drama, factory, globe, great britain, ham and high, hull, made in dagenham, matthew kelly, musical, national theatre, north london, one man two guvnors, park theatre, phone hacking, pitcairn, plant, play, review, richard bean, strike, theatre, toast, west end
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