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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
Madness. What were the judges thinking with those insane scores? What were the producers thinking with those insane music choices? And why, off the back of Movie Week, inflict this level of dance-obliterating am-dram intensity upon an unsuspecting public? MADNESS. … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, cha cha, dance, dance off, dancing, dev griffin, dianne buswell, eliminated, elimination, emma weymouth, jive, judges, karim zeroual, kelvin fletcher, latin, leaderboard, recap, review, rumba, shock, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, vote, week 4
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Strictly Speaking: The Final
Another year, another bloated final that winds up being totally irrelevant to the results. At some point, Strictly bosses might need to look into that… For my money, of the last four, Ashley was the strongest dancer, Joe the most … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, champion, competition, dance, dancing, dancing times, dirty dancing, faye tozer, final, joe sugg, judges, judges choice, kevin clifton, latin, michael buble, recap, review, seann walsh, showdance, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tv, vote, voters, winner
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Nominations are now open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards! We’ve set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favourites. Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open until 29 September. Read the full BroadwayWorld article … Continue reading
Apologia leads August’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry drama to musical revivals and family-friendly fun. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 13 the musical, against, almeida theatre, ambassadors theatre, andrew lloyd webber, apologia, august, ben whishaw, book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, cheap, children, david walliams, discount, donmar warehouse, drama, emma hatton, evita, family, freema agyeman, gangsta granny, garrick theatre, globe, holiday, horrible histories, jason robert brown, jesus christ superstar, kids, king lear, knives in hens, late company, laura carmichael, london, musical, national theatre, phoenix theatre, play, politics, referendum, regents park open air, rob drummond, shakespeare, stockard channing, summer, the majority, theatre, ticket deal, trafalgar studios, trump, vote, west end
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Henry V, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
As we finally go to the polls, casting votes based on our view of national identity and Britain’s place in the world, here comes Shakespeare’s ever-topical play. Robert Hastie’s thoughtful take is contemporary dress but stripped back, not so much … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged agincourt, battle, cross casting, drama, england, eu referendum, france, henry v, history, king, michelle terry, nation, open air theatre, play, regents park, review, robert hastie, shakespeare, st crispins day, stage, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, vote, war
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Listed: Suffragettes portrayed
Following the release of film Suffragette, theartsdesk explores other depictions of the women’s movement, from fiction and drama to documentary and song. Read the full theartsdesk article here
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged abi morgan, bfi, bicycle, book, carey mulligan, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, comedy, cycling, drama, emeline pankhurst, fallings angels, feminism, feminist, fiction, film, her naked skin, hg wells, independence, meryl streep, movie, mr selfridge, mrs warrens profession, national theatre, no surrender, novel, olivier, pankhurst, parades end, play, protest, read, rebecca lenkiewicz, sarah gavron, shoulder to shoulder, song, suffrage, suffragette, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, up the women, vote, votes for women, war, woman, women, womens movement
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Strictly Speaking: Week 2
Yes, it’s that dark week of Strictly. The week when our first couple is thrown out of paradise, and also the week when at least one blogger develops crippling RSI. Still, at least 15 dances meant marginally less filler. Just … Continue reading
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Theatre profile: The Albany
In our quest to find London’s favourite Off West End theatre, our reviewers champion their favourite venues. Today, Marianka Swain tells us why the Albany would get her vote. Vote for your own favourite Off West End theatre below! In … Continue reading
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Tagged arts council, brand new ancients, cafe, christmas, deptford, favourite, food, kate tempest, lewisham, london, national theatre, off west end, poll, royal court, the albany, theatre, vote, west end
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