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Breakin’ Convention: Social DisDancing, Sadler’s Wells, review: meet our future Olympic champions
Following the recent announcement that breakdancing is joining the Olympics in 2024, all eyes are on productions like Social DisDancing. Is this a world-class discipline? And will it, as hoped, attract a youthful demographic? Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged boy blue, breakdancing, breakin convention, breaking, dancing, jonzi d, olympic, olympics, review, sadlers wells, Social DisDancing, telegraph, theatre
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Oliver Dowden should be saving the arts, not nit-picking The Crown
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden recently asked Netflix to add a disclaimer informing viewers that The Crown is not wholly factual – a request that the streaming giant firmly denied. Now Josh O’Connor, who plays Prince Charles in the hit series, has labelled Dowden’s … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged Culture Secretary, government, josh o'connor, netflix, oliver dowden, prince charles, princess diana, royal family, telegraph, the arts, the crown, the queen, theatre, tv
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The West End is slowly reviving – the Government must not kill it with Tier 3
This past week has seen a miraculous rebirth: West End theatres opening their doors, and delighted audiences returning in (safely distanced) droves. Christmas entertainment is saved! Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged closed, covid, government, lockdown, london, telegraph, theatre, west end
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s vaccine joy: ‘Phantom will return in June’
Today’s news about the UK approving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is a hugely positive step for the theatre industry, believes Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Of course, I’m slightly biased towards the Oxford vaccine, since I’ve been on that myself – and had no side effects whatsoever. … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, arts, BioNTech, carrie hope fletcher, cinderella, covid, culture, interview, london palladium, musical theatre, musicals, opening, oxford vaccine, pfizer, phantom, telegraph, the phantom of the opera, theatre, trial, vaccine, west end
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‘They’re making up the rules as they go along’: the theatre producer trapped between tiers
The reveal of which areas are in which tier is “bittersweet” news for theatre producer Kenny Wax. He’s had two companies – one touring, one West End – rehearsing the musical SIX in adjacent rooms. Yesterday, the former group learnt their production won’t be opening as … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged audience, book tickets, christmas, covid, december, government, kenny wax, london, lowry, manchester, musical, pantomime, producer, queendom, salford, six, six the musical, stage, telegraph, theatre, tier 1, tier 2, tier 3, tier system, tiers, west end
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What the tier system means for your Christmas trip to the theatre
Theatre is back – or is it? Fuelling existential uncertainty akin to a Beckett play, Boris Johnson has announced a more draconian tier system post-lockdown – but without specific details of how it will apply to entertainment venues, or which tiers they will … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, booking, christmas, coronavirus, covid, december, les mis, les miserables, london, musical, panto, pantomime, play, restrictions, show, theatre, tier 1, tier 2, tier 3, tier system, tiers, west end
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BWW Interview: Alice Hamilton
The director talks helming Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter at Hampstead Theatre – and how it chimes with Covid times. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alice hamilton, broadwayworld, director, drama, hampstead theatre, harold pinter, interview, london, play, the dumb waiter, theatre
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Operation Sleeping Beauty meets reality: what hope is there for theatre this Christmas?
Theatre is due to return – again – in December, after a stop-start year of openings and closures. Now, numerous shows depend on the government ending the second lockdown on December 2, as announced, in order to bring us some Christmas cheer. … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, government, hampstead theatre, interview, lockdown, london, musical, nottingham playhouse, operation sleeping beauty, panto, pantomime, play, telegraph, theatre, west end
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[Title of Show], Online
If theatre is sometimes accused of excessive navel-gazing, then what to make of this American meta-musical? It follows two guys creating a show – about two guys creating a show. Read my full The i Paper review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged broadway, digital, jenna russell, lucie jones, musical, online, review, streaming, the i paper, theatre, title of show
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Remembrance, Old Vic: In Camera
In November 2018, the Old Vic staged a series of five solo performances, curated by Arinzé Kene and directed by Annabel Bolton, to mark 100 years since the Armistice. Presented without scenery or costumes, they aimed to remind us of the … Continue reading
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Tagged arinze kene, armistice, digital, factory, football, free, monica doland, monologue, old vic, online, play, preston, remembrance, review, sport, streaming, the i paper, theatre, war, womens football, world war
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