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Tag Archives: theatre royal
Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre
Lolita Chakrabarti’s impassioned debut has only gained topicality since its 2012 Tricycle incarnation. Trevor Nunn’s all-white Wars of the Roses and #OscarsSoWhite, among others, have fanned its flames, while quips about a paranoid Russian regime and the limits of English … Continue reading
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Tagged abolition, actor, adrian lester, backstage, black, cameron, drama, european referendum, garrick theatre, history, ira aldridge, kenneth branagh, london, oscars, oscarssowhite, othello, period drama, play, prejudice, race, racism, red velvet, review, slavery, theatre, theatre royal, tricycle theatre, trump, west end
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Harvey, Theatre Royal Haymarket
If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, repeatedly unfunny Harvey isn’t just a study of madness, but a punishing example of it. Mary Chase’s dusty 1944 farce about a man hallucinating a 6ft 3in rabbit … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, america, american, broadway, comedy, david bamber, delusion, drama, farce, hallucination, harvey, haymarket, ingrid oliver, insane, james dreyfus, lars and the real girl, lindsay posner, london, mad, madness, mary chase, maureen lipman, play, psychiatrist, Pulitzer Prize, rabbit, review, second world war, shrink, slapstick, the arts desk, the glass menagerie, the ruling class, theartsdesk, theatre, theatre royal, trafalgar studios, war, wartime, west end, ww2
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Playwright fails to hit heights of acting career in this protracted saga
Actor-turned-playwright Oliver Cotton’s new work poses a problem for reviewers: how much to divulge? It hinges on big revelations, and as much of the meandering two-hour-plus play is interminable preparation for said revelations, it would seem cruel to spoil them, … Continue reading
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Tagged daytona, Death and the Maiden, florida, haymarket, islington gazette, london, maureen lipman, new york, oliver cotton, play, review, theatre, theatre royal
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Edinburgh, Teacher of the Year and Is That Allowed?!
My articles in the July issue of Dance Today, out now: Fringe benefits From sexy samba and surreal circus to comic tapping, the dance highlights of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Hip hop hooray Dance Today Teacher of the Year T. Damien Anyasi talks London Olympics and breakin’ boundaries Latin scorcher In … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 2012, ballroom, circus, competition, dance, dance hold, dancing, Darren Bennett, edinburgh, festival, france, fringe, gay pride, in the heights, Lilia Kopylova, london, musical, norwich, olympics, paris, peter tatchell, review, richmond theatre, same sex dance, seven brides for seven brothers, southwark playhouse, strictly, strictly come dancing, teacher, teacher of the year, theatre, theatre royal, winner
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