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Tag Archives: tom stoppard
Leopoldstadt, Wyndham’s Theatre
Tom Stoppard’s latest – and possibly final – play has few of the dramatic hallmarks you might expect from him: the dazzling linguistic flourishes, the formal trickery, the knotty metaphors and giddy metatheatricality. Instead, we have a relatively straightforward, linear … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, ed stoppard, family, holocaust, jew, jewish, leopoldstadt, nazi, patrick marber, play, review, ticket deal, tom stoppard, vienna, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Endgame leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry Beckett revival to Tom Stoppard and magical mishaps. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged 2020, alan cumming, ambassadors theatre, antony sher, apartheid, best, book tickets, boulevard theatre, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, circus, comedy, cormac mccarthy, daniel radcliffe, endgame, faustus, gary beadle, harold pinter theatre, harry potter, jane horrocks, january, jasper britton, kunene and the king, leopoldstadt, lexicon, london, lucy kirkwood, lucy prebble, lyric hammersmith, magic goes wrong, maxine peake, mischief theatre, musical, national theatre, new, nofit state circus, old vic, orange tree theatre, penn and teller, play, roundhouse, show, south africa, that damned woman, the sugar syndrome, the sunset limited, the welkin, theatre, ticket deal, toby jones, todaytix, tom stoppard, top 10, uncle vanya, vaudeville theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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12 London Shows to See in 2020
2020 is already shaping up to be an incredible year of theatre! Here are some of our picks for the best new London shows to see in the New Year. Read my full TodayTix article here
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Tagged 2019, 2020, and juliet, be more chill, best, book tickets, christmas, city of angels, cyrano, daniel radcliffe, dear evan hansen, endgame, james mcavoy, leopoldstadt, london, magic goes wrong, musical, new, new year, old vic, play, pretty woman, show, the prince of egypt, theatre, tom stoppard, top, touching the void, uncle vanya, west end
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Book review: Dramatic Exchanges, ed. Daniel Rosenthal
This fascinating tome offers an insider’s history of the National Theatre, via some 800 letters exchanged between Artistic Directors, actors, directors, playwrights, politicians, agents, critics and more. From arcane trivia through to vigorous words on the very nature and purpose … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, amadeus, arthur miller, artistic director, book, broadwayworld, daniel rosenthal, director, dramatic exchanges, eileen atkins, harold pinter, harry potter, history, ian mckellen, john osborne, judi dench, laurence olivier, letter, maggie smith, national theatre, paul mccartney, peter hall, play, review, the crucible, the curious incident, the history boys, theatre, tom stoppard
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BWW Interview: Emma Fielding
The actress discusses Dominic Dromgoole’s production of Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance at Vaudeville Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged a woman of no importance, actress, anne reid, arcadia, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, classic spring, comedy, Dominic Dromgoole, dominic rowan, emma fielding, eve best, interview, mrs allonby, oscar wilde, play, sale, theatre, ticket deal, tom stoppard, visit london, west end
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Old Vic
Fifty years on, Tom Stoppard’s absurdist tragicomedy is back in the theatre where it had its professional premiere, and still just as dazzlingly virtuosic. If some of its gags, musings and metatheatrical tricks have since become overfamiliar through imitation, that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged broadwayworld, daniel radcliffe, hamlet, joshua mcguire, london, old vic, review, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, shakespeare, theatre, tom stoppard
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
From starry Stoppard and Marber revivals to toe-tapping musicals and Elena Ferrante on stage. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged amanda holden, an american in paris, arts theatre, ballet, book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, dance, dancing, daniel radcliffe, david tennant, dominion theatre, don juan in soho, elena ferrante, garrick theatre, ian hislop, kate fleetwood, lee mead, london, lyric hammersmith, march, my brilliant friend, my country, national theare, old vic, rose theatre kingston, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, seventeen, stepping out, tap, the miser, the wipers times, theatre, tom stoppard, top 10, ugly lies the bone, vaudeville theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Travesties, Apollo Theatre
After a hit run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Patrick Marber’s storming revival of Tom Stoppard’s 1974 play gets a welcome West End encore. The triumph of this production is the way it honours Stoppard’s dazzling intellect while also going … Continue reading
BWW Interview: Amy Morgan
The actress discusses her role in Tom Stoppard’s Travesties. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged amy morgan, art, broadwayworld, freddie fox, henry carr, interview, lenin, london, the importance of being earnest, theatre, tom hollander, tom stoppard, travesties, west end
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10 questions on Chekhov for playwright Simon Stephens
Fresh from global domination with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, currently garnering rapturous reviews on Broadway, inexhaustible playwright and adaptor Simon Stephens has swapped Mark Haddon for Anton Chekhov and a new version of The Cherry Orchard, … Continue reading
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