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Pick of the Week

Posted on March 3, 2016 by mkmswain

A new Coen caper, Hermione’s directing debut, ENO’s strike battle, and revolution in the music industry. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here Advertisements

Posted in Art, Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged adaptation, akram khan, anomalisa, anthony trollope, art, botticelli, Carla Marie Williams, Charlie Kaufman, chorus, cinema, coen brothers, coming up, dance, doctor thorne, donmar, drama, eno, exhibition, film, gallery, george clooney, hail caesar, harry potter and the cursed child, hermione, hollywood, i see you, itv, julian fellowes, movie, music industry, newsletter, Noma Dumezweni, opera, oscars, painter, Philip Glass, pick of the week, play, review, royal court, sadlers wells, strike, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, v&a, welcome home captain fox | Leave a comment

Husbands & Sons, National Theatre

Posted on October 28, 2015 by mkmswain

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 | Leave a comment

Made in Dagenham, Adelphi Theatre

Posted on December 9, 2014 by mkmswain

Labour disputes has proved a fruitful West End topic, from Billy Elliot and The Full Monty to The Pyjama Game, and this new addition is keen to follow in their picket-lined footsteps. It has strong creative pedigree, too, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adelphi theatre, barbara castle, billy elliot, car, dagenham, dance, dance today, dancing magazine, equal pay, essex, factory, feminism, feminist, ford, gemma arterton, harold wilson, jerry springer the opera, labour dispute, london, machinist, made in dagenham, motown, musical, one man two guvnors, play, review, richard bean, richard thomas, rock n roll, rupert goold, sexism, sexist, sherlock, strike, the full monty, the pyjama game, theatre, twist, union, west end | Leave a comment

Dourly funny insight into grind of factory life

Posted on September 6, 2014 by mkmswain

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 | Leave a comment

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Husbands & Sons, National Theatre

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