Tag Archives: thriller

ANNA, National Theatre

Posted on May 22, 2019 by mkmswain

The audience plays surveillance state in this pioneering collaboration between playwright Ella Hickson and sound designers Ben and Max Ringham. We experience the action through individual sets of headphones, corresponding to a hidden mic on our protagonist Anna – listening … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 60s, anna, ben and max ringham, berlin, book tickets, broadwayworld, cold war, communist, east berlin, ella hickson, germany, headphones, national theatre, phoebe fox, review, sound design, spy, thriller | Leave a comment

Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Posted on October 29, 2018 by mkmswain

Ah, Halloween Week – the annual dumbing down of Strictly. Why have subtext or delicate concepts when you can instead bumble about dressed in the most thuddingly literal, kids-dressing-up-box interpretations of groaningly repeated and/or entirely insane songs? Read my full Dancing … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blog, cha cha, charleston, couples choice, curse of strictly, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, faye tozer, graeme swann, halloween, jazz, katya jones, latin, michael jackson, recap, review, scandal, seann walsh, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tess daly, theatre, thriller, tv, viennese waltz, week 6 | Leave a comment

Monet, Black Panther, Brief Encounter and Medieval whodunnit

Posted on April 29, 2018 by mkmswain

On my April MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition The National Gallery explores Monet’s relationship with architecture Film Marvel-ously diverse heroics in Black Panther Theatre Emma Rice’s gorgeously romantic take on Brief Encounter Commuter corner Medieval whodunnit in Samantha Harvey’s The Western Wind Read the full page … Continue reading →

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BWW Interview: Adrian Lester

Posted on March 13, 2018 by mkmswain

The actor discusses his role in Mike Bartlett’s TV drama Trauma. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged actor, adrian lester, britbox, broadwayworld, child, class, death, doctor, drama, film, interview, itv, john simm, josie rourke, justice, mary queen of scots, medical, Mike Bartlett, money, nhs, old vic, one voice, parent, surgeon, thriller, trauma, tv, vengeance | Leave a comment

Degas, London Design Festival and Lisbeth Salander

Posted on October 11, 2017 by mkmswain

On my September MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: By design Highlights of the 15th annual London Design Festival Don’t miss: Last impression Burrell Collection Degas gems at the National Gallery Commuter corner The Girl Who Takes an Eye for … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Journalism | Tagged art, book, commute, commuter, crime, degas, design, drawn in colour, exhibition, fiction, gallery, impressionist, lisbeth salander, london, london design festival, magazine, moveto, moveto town and country, national gallery, novel, podcast, read, spirits, the girl who takes an eye for an eye, thriller | Leave a comment

Plywood, sci-fi and famously bad films

Posted on July 17, 2017 by mkmswain

On my July MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Good wood Delve into the history and pioneering future of plywood at the V&A Don’t miss: The final frontier The Barbican goes sci-fi, from rare film and books to a Black Mirror installation … Continue reading →

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Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast

Posted on May 7, 2017 by mkmswain

On my May MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Cutting a fine figure Giacometti’s full body of work revealed in a major Tate Modern retrospective Don’t miss: Making waves The British Museum goes beyond Hokusai’s iconic print Commuter corner Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism | Tagged amanda mccall, art, arts, beauty and the beast, beyond the great wave, book, british museum, commute, commuter, exhibition, feminist, gallery, giacometti, gloria steinem, hokusai, into the water, japan, japanese, judy blume, london, magazine, makers, moveto, moveto town and country, ms marvel, museum, novel, oprah winfrey, paula hawkins, podcast, read, shonda rhimes, tate modern, the girl on the train, the great wave, things to do, things to see, thriller, women | Leave a comment

Obsession, Barbican

Posted on April 26, 2017 by mkmswain

“Everybody wants passion,” says Ivo Van Hove in the programme interview for his latest show, but in both tone and aesthetic, his take on this doomed romance is less red-hot fire of ardour, more the cold, grey ash left in … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged barbican, broadwayworld, ivo van hove, jude law, london, love, murder, obsession, passion, review, romance, sex, theatre, thriller, visconti | Leave a comment

The Red Barn, National Theatre

Posted on October 18, 2016 by mkmswain

It was a dark and stormy night. Two couples are caught in a snowstorm on their way back from a party. Three of them arrive at a remote Connecticut farmhouse. One disappears. There’s a definite pleasure in this familiar story, … Continue reading →

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BWW Interview: Hope Davis

Posted on September 19, 2016 by mkmswain

The American actress talks thrillers, escaping to London and David Hare’s The Red Barn. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

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Tag Archives: thriller

ANNA, National Theatre

Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Monet, Black Panther, Brief Encounter and Medieval whodunnit

BWW Interview: Adrian Lester

Degas, London Design Festival and Lisbeth Salander

Plywood, sci-fi and famously bad films

Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast

Obsession, Barbican

The Red Barn, National Theatre

BWW Interview: Hope Davis

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