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Plan the perfect hen night in the West End
The best shows for an unforgettable hen party outing. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged hen night, hen party, london, london theatre, magic mike live, musical, play, theatre, wedding, west end
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Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner
Doorman Michael O’Dowdall talks history, weddings and afternoon tea at The Ritz. Read my full Discover Britain interview here
Posted in Journalism
Tagged afternoon tea, dinner, discover britain, doorman, history, hotel, interview, london, magazine, rolls royce, the ritz, things to do, tourist, visit, wedding
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Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre
Women’s football, immigration and multiculturalism: Gurinder Chadha’s new musical couldn’t be more pertinent, right? Well, yes and no. Like her original film, writer/director Chadha keeps the action in 2002, meaning there’s no UKIP, no IS and no FIFA meltdown. Threats … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, Aletta Collins, asian, bend it like beckham, bhangra, billy elliot, bollywood, dance, dance today, dancing, david beckham, film, football, game, Gurinder Chadha, Howard Goodall, immigration, indian, Lauren Samuels, london, magazine, match, movie, multicultural, music, musical, review, singing, song, Sophie-Louise Dann, sport, stage, team, theatre, wedding, west end, womens football
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A swellegant elegant party
Ten years after beginning his tenure with The Philadelphia Story, departing artistic director Kevin Spacey finishes in grand style with Arthur Kopit’s stage version of High Society, made a fully-fledged musical with the addition of several – tangentially related – … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged busby berkeley, cole porter, dance, dance today, dancing, downton abbey, grace kelly, high society, jamie parker, jazz, kate fleetwood, katharine hepburn, Kevin Spacey, love, magazine, maria friedman, marriage, musical, Nathan M Wright, old vic, party, play, review, romance, sing, singing, song, tap, the philadelphia story, theatre, wedding
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Crisp winters tale of family
London-based Croatian writer Tena Štivičić’s National Theatre debut keeps it in the family, with 70 years of history refracted through one Zagreb house and one bloodline. Ambitious, exquisitely constructed 3 Winters shifts seamlessly between three time periods: 1945, birth of Communist … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 3 winters, capitalism, child, civil war, communism, communist, croatia, drama, eu, europe, european union, family, london, marriage, national theatre, parent, play, politics, review, revolution, theatre, war, wedding, yugoslavia
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Crime and punishment
Reconciling entertaining drama with a deeper underlying message is one of the great challenges of playwriting, and that challenge is complicated further when it comes to work commissioned by Clean Break, the ground-breaking company that seeks to change the lives … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged billy the girl, cancer, cha cha, clean break, crime, diet, dirty dancing, drama, ghost, justice, london, patrick swayze, play, prison, review, slim fast, soho theatre, wedding
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Till death us do part
First, a word of warning: if you’re looking for a great first-date outing or anniversary treat, steer clear of Scenes from a Marriage. Judging by the gasps of recognition, embarrassed laughter and knowing glances stealthily exchanged, Joanna Murray-Smith’s theatrical adaptation … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a doll's house, divorce, ibsen, imogen stubbs, ingmar bergman, marriage, married, olivia williams, play, review, scenes from a marriage, st james theatre, theatre, trevor nunn, wedding
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Till death do us part
In 1928, in Nijar in the Spanish province of Almeria, Francisco Montes Canada was shot dead after fleeing a wedding with the prospective bride, his cousin Francisca. The murder was carried out by the groom’s brother and this grisly matrimonial … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abortion, blood wedding, bride, divorce, drama, family, feminism, groom, kenneth branagh, lorca, marriage, much ado about nothing, play, review, shakespeare, spain, spanish, theatre, waterloo east, wedding
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