Tag Archives: women

Home, I’m Darling, National Theatre

Posted on August 1, 2018 by mkmswain

The first thing we see is Anna Fleischle’s Fifties-tastic giant doll’s-house set: each period-perfect room bathed in a different twinkling hue, flowers painted onto the brick wall, and jaunty music setting the tone. But Katherine Parkinson’s Judy is able to open the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anna fleischle, book tickets, broadwayworld, feminism, feminist, fifties, hello i'm darling, home, homemaker, jive, katherine parkinson, laura wade, london, marriage, national theatre, nostalgia, review, sian thomas, tamara harvey, theatre, visit london, wife, women | Leave a comment

The future is female

Posted on November 5, 2017 by mkmswain

Leading dancers and choreographers Kate Prince, Kloé Dean and Emma Houston discusses women in hip hop. Read my full Dancing Times article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism | Tagged break dancing, breaking, choreographer, class, dance, dancer, dancing, emma houston, equality, female, gender, girls, hip hop, interview, kate prince, khloe dean, lesson, music video, sadlers wells, some like it hip hop, teacher, women, zoonation | Leave a comment

All Change Please, Lucy Kerbel

Posted on July 10, 2017 by mkmswain

Another week, another dispiriting gender equality statistic, as research by The Stage reveals 75% of West End musicals staged in the past decade had no women on their writing teams; removing jukebox shows from the equation, just 9% featured music by female composers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged all change please, book, broadwayworld, drama, equality, female, feminism, feminist, gender, girl, kids, lucy kerbel, musical, play, review, theatre, tonic theatre, west end, woman, women, youth | Leave a comment

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

Brutus and Other Heroines, Harriet Walter

Posted on December 8, 2016 by mkmswain

One of the big theatre stories of 2016 is women reclaiming Shakespeare, from Gillian Bevan’s Cymbeline and Michelle Terry’s Henry V to Glenda Jackson’s Lear and Phyllida Lloyd’s landmark all-female trilogy starring Harriet Walter. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged acting, actress, book, broadwayworld, brutus and other heroines, christmas, donmar, equality, feminist, gift, guide, harriet walter, kings cross theatre, phyllida lloyd, review, shakespeare, shakespeare trilogy, women | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Leah Harvey

Posted on September 30, 2016 by mkmswain

The actress discusses joining the all-female company of Phyllida Lloyd’s Shakespeare Trilogy. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, all female, broadwayworld, donmar theatre, harriet walter, henry iv, interview, joan armatrading, julius caesar, kings cross theatre, leah harvey, miranda, phyllida lloyd, prison, shakespeare, the tempest, trilogy, women | Leave a comment

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., Shoreditch Town Hall

Posted on September 3, 2016 by mkmswain

I hope there’s a time when we don’t feel that Alice Birch’s bold, blackly funny, uncompromising battle cry of a play is a necessary intervention. A time when we’re not reeling from – among many others – sexist Olympics commentary, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alice birch, broadwayworld, emma fielding, erica whyman, feminism, feminist, gender, girl, inequality, porn, rape, review, revolt she said revolt again, rsc, sexism, shoreditch town hall, woman, women | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Lauren Samuels

Posted on August 30, 2016 by mkmswain

The actress talks sisterhood, sexual liberation and new musical Vanities. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged ashleigh gray, bend it like beckham, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheerleader, dallas, debut, friends, interview, Lauren Samuels, lizzy connolly, musical, over the rainbow, texas, trafalgar studios, vanities, west end, women | Leave a comment

‘Good theatre should be provocative’

Posted on February 19, 2016 by mkmswain

Hand to God actress Jemima Rooper talks puppetry, repression and blind casting. Read my full Ham & High interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, ben ockrent, blind casting, drama, ham and high, hand to god, interview, Jemima Rooper, london, newspaper, play, puppet, religion, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end, women | Leave a comment

Listed: Suffragettes portrayed

Posted on October 11, 2015 by mkmswain

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 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: women

Home, I’m Darling, National Theatre

The future is female

All Change Please, Lucy Kerbel

Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast

Brutus and Other Heroines, Harriet Walter

BWW Interview: Leah Harvey

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., Shoreditch Town Hall

BWW Interview: Lauren Samuels

‘Good theatre should be provocative’

Listed: Suffragettes portrayed

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