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Tag Archives: the little mermaid
Once On This Island, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
This Caribbean trip vacillates between vibrant fairy tale and grim warning. Read my full London Theatre review here
Strictly Come Dancing 2022 Movie Week results: Richie Anderson makes a shock exit
Anderson and Fleur East dropped from mid-leaderboard to a dramatic dance-off. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged american smooth, ballroom, blog, celebrity, dance, dance off, dancing, disney, elimination, fleur east, giovanni pernice, movie week, recap, results, review, richie anderson, samba, shock, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, the full monty, the lion king, the little mermaid, tony adams, week three
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Once on This Island, Southwark Playhouse
As British summer really kicks in (umbrellas at the ready), our thoughts might turn fondly to the sunny Caribbean. Good timing, then, for the return of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 musical set in the French Antilles. Based on Rosa Guy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged antilles, british theatre academy, calypso, caribbean, class, colonialism, lee proud, london, love, musical, once on this island, race, review, romance, southwark playhouse, the little mermaid, theartsdesk
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theartsdesk Q&A: Choreographer Stephen Mear
From Singin’ in the Rain and Anything Goes to Hello, Dolly! and Mary Poppins, Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear has done more than any other British choreographer to usher classic musicals into the modern era. But adept as he is … Continue reading
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Tagged 42nd Street, acorn antiques, adam garcia, anything goes, arlene phillips, ballet, betty blue eyes, bob avian, broadway, busby berkeley, cats, chicago, chichester festival theatre, choreographer, city of angels, crazy for you, dance, dancing, disney, donmar warehouse, drama, english national opera, eno, evita, gershwin, gillian lynne, gypsy, gypsy rose lee, hello dolly, imelda staunton, interview, jerome robbins, jonathan kent, josie rourke, julie walters, kiss me kate, lara pulver, london, mama rose, mary poppins, matthew bourne, musical, national theatre, new york, Oklahoma, old vic, olivier awards, on the town, play, regents park open air, richard eyre, rob marshall, sadlers wells, singin in the rain, steam heat, stephen mear, stephen ward, strictly come dancing, strip, stripper, stripping, striptease, susan stroman, tap, the little mermaid, the pajama game, the producers, theatre, trevor nunn, victoria wood, west end
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