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The Play That Goes Wrong lives up to its name: how Tier 3 closed the last big theatre show standing
While the rest of British theatre was plunged into the doom and gloom of Tiers 3 or 4 before Christmas, miraculously, Theatre Royal Bath remained open. “Most of Somerset went into Tier 3 – somehow, Bath managed to stay in tier 2,” … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, comedy, farce christmas, interview, kenny wax, mischief, play, producer, somerset, telegraph, the play that goes wrong, theatre, tier 2, tier 3, tier change, tier system, tiers
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: ‘Theatres had to close, but the vaccine will make things dramatically better’
Andrew Lloyd Webber, who famously took part in a trial for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, was delighted to hear that it’s been approved for use in the UK. “It’s great news. I’m thrilled. Everybody was pretty optimistic about it earlier in the … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew lloyd webber, cinderella, composer, drama, interview, london, musical, oxford vaccine, play, telegraph, theatre, trial, vaccination, vaccine, west end
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Dull girl power speeches and wild sex do not make Bridgerton a feminist triumph
“We’re seeing this Regency romance through a feminist lens,” proclaimed actor Regé-Jean Page, who plays the hunky-but-tortured Duke of Hastings in Netflix’s bodice-ripper Bridgerton, in a recent interview. Co-star Phoebe Dynevor has also thrown around the F word, saying that … Continue reading
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Tagged black, bridgerton, daphne, female, feminism, feminist, lady whistledown, love, marriage, netflix, penelope, period drama, queen charlotte, review, sex, telegraph, the duke, tv, women
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Manchester theatre head: Easter warnings are ‘frightening’
“The big frustration is that it’s really difficult to find a logic in all of this,” says Roy Alexander Weise, joint artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, of the current situation facing his sector. Read my full … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, interview, manchester, play, racism, Roy Alexander Weise, royal exchange, telegraph, theatre, tier 3, tier 4
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The West End panto forced to move to Easter – if it can survive
Is Easter the new Christmas? Producer James Seabright certainly hopes so. His Potted Panto, a best-bits of compendium of seven different pantomimes, opened and then closed prematurely in the West End when London was put into Tier 3. So, he’s … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, easter, interview, James Seabright, london, musical, panto, pantomime, potted panto, producer, telegraph, theatre, tier 3, tier 4, west end
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‘What does ‘Spring’ mean exactly?’: London’s theatre chief on Tier 4 purgatory
The recent swathe of theatre openings – and almost immediate closures – has knocked the confidence of many in the industry. How can you invest in a show when so many factors are out of your control? Read my full Telegraph interview … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, comedy, easter, eleanor lloyd, government, interview, london, play, producer, solt, spring, telegraph, theatre, west end
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Edinburgh Fringe faces the future: why a 2021 cancellation would be a ‘national tragedy’
Looming on the horizon is a huge decision for the arts industry: whether or not to proceed with an in-person Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2021. The world’s largest arts festival, which in 2018 featured more than 55,000 performances of 3,548 shows in … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony alderson, cancelled, edinburgh, festival, fringe, interview, london, pleasance, telegraph, tier 3, tier 4, vaccine
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Park Theatre chief Jez Bond brands the Government’s strategy and Tier 4 ‘disastrous’
“It’s pretty disastrous.” That’s the view of Jez Bond, artistic director of London’s Park Theatre, of these last few weeks of Government decision-making, which have seen several regions plunged into first Tier 3 and then Tier 4 – meaning their theatres are … Continue reading
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Tagged boris johnson, interview, jez bond, london, park theatre, play, telegraph, theatre, tier 4, tier system
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The theatre where Christmas is saved – thanks to ‘the Morecambe and Wise of Weston-super-Mare’
Christmas has been cancelled for most of Britain’s theatres, thanks to the Government’s tightening of tier restrictions, with venues all having to close if placed into tiers 3 and 4. But amidst the slew of bad news for the West … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty and the beast, bristol, bristol old vic, christmas, comedy, interview, living spit, panto, pantomime, play, telegraph, theatre, tier 2, tom morris
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Mesmerising Bill Bailey has last laugh as he seals Strictly Come Dancing victory
Coming into this series, many expected Bill Bailey to be pure comic relief. Well, he’s certainly had the last laugh, not only making it to the Strictly final, but lifting the Glitterball trophy. Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, bill bailey, celebrity, champion, dance, dancing, final, hrvy, jamie laing, maisie smith, oti mabuse, recap, review, showdance, strictly, strictly come dancing, technique, telegraph, tv, win, winner
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