Tag Archives: world war one

Death Takes A Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre

Posted on January 24, 2017 by mkmswain

“I’m Death.” “And you’re on holiday?” Well, there’s really no way to disguise the preposterousness of this show’s premise, nor to reconcile its winking humour and self-serious grand romance. Thus, Thom Southerland’s London premiere wisely diverts attention to its seductive … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged charing cross theatre, chris peluso, death, death takes a holiday, donald trump, drama, first world war, great war, london, love, maury yeston, meet joe black, musical, review, romance, theartsdesk, theatre, thom southerland, world war one, zoe doano | Leave a comment

The Patriotic Traitor, Park Theatre

Posted on February 27, 2016 by mkmswain

Theatregoers suffering from First World War fatigue may want to pass on Jonathan Lynn’s merely competent historical drama about two mythic figures: Charles de Gaulle and Philippe Pétain. It’s a fascinating subject – de Gaulle had his former mentor tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged army, Charles de Gaulle, collaborator, drama, first world war, general, history, jonathan lynn, laurence fox, leader, london, nazi, park theatre, Philippe Petain, play, review, second world war, the patriotic traitor, theatre, tom conti, verdun, vichy, war, world war one, world war two | Leave a comment

Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Posted on May 22, 2015 by mkmswain

“All children, except one, grow up.” So begins J. M. Barrie’s iconic tale of arrested development, given new power and poignancy in this high-flying production. A century after one of Barrie’s youthful collaborators, George Llewelyn Davies, was killed at Ypres, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged battle, bedtime story, book, boy, captain hook, child, childhood, children, clock, crocodile, fairy tale, fight, first world war, flies, fly, flying, great war, hospital, i do believe in fairies, j m barrie, jolly roger, lost boys, mermaid, mother, mum, music, never grow up, never land, nurse, open air theatre, park, peter pan, pirate, puppet, read, regents park, sing, smee, soldier, song, story, the front, timothy sheader, tinker bell, to die would be an awfully big adventure, war, wendy, world war one, youth, ypres | 1 Comment

Not About Heroes, Trafalgar Studios

Posted on November 12, 2014 by mkmswain

This time of remembrance has inspired a fascinating theatrical skirmish. In one corner, Nicholas Wright’s 2014 Regeneration, an adaptation of Pat Barker’s trilogy; in the other, Stephen MacDonald’s 1982 two-hander Not About Heroes. Both plays, currently touring, concern the pivotal … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anniversary, anthem for doomed youth, armistice, army, commemoration, drama, first world war, hospital, london, military, Nicholas Wright, not about heroes, pat barker, play, poet, poetry, ptsd, regeneration, remembrance, review, shell shock, Siegfried Sassoon, soldier, stephen macdonald, the arts desk, the front, the times, theartsdesk, theatre, verse, war, Wilfred Owen, world war one, ww1 | Leave a comment

Strictly Speaking: Week 7

Posted on November 10, 2014 by mkmswain

We’ve reached the Strictly halfway mark, and the judges are getting tough. Well, sort of. Sometimes. Consistency is like, so hard, you guys. Particularly FOR THE MEN. I’m beginning to wonder what, exactly, happened in Len Goodman’s youth to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged alison hammond, andy murray, anniversary, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, caroline flack, celebrity, charleston, claudia winkleman, commemoration, competition, dance, dance today, dancing, farage, first world war, george osborne, james jordan, judge, judy murray, katherine jenkins, len goodman, magazine, ola jordan, paso doble, pixie lott, poppy, remembrance day, remembrance sunday, scd, steve backshall, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, tv, waltz, world war one, ww1, x factor, zoe ball | Leave a comment

Regeneration, Richmond Theatre

Posted on October 28, 2014 by mkmswain

The intellectually rigorous artistic response to the anniversary of the First World War continues with Nicholas Wright’s economical adaptation of Pat Barker’s acclaimed 1990s literary trilogy, which arrives at Richmond Theatre following a national tour. Regeneration and its sequels are … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adaptation, anniversary, army, bargain theatreland, book, commemoration, doctor, drama, first world war, freud, guilt, hospital, london, Nicholas Wright, novel, pat barker, play, poet, poetry, psychiatrist, ptsd, regeneration, review, richmond theatre, robert graves, shell shock, Siegfried Sassoon, simon godwin, soldier, survivors guilt, theatre, trilogy, Wilfred Owen, world war one, ww1 | 1 Comment

10 questions on Chekhov for playwright Simon Stephens

Posted on October 16, 2014 by mkmswain

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 →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a doll's house, adapt, adaptation, anton chekhov, aristotle, birdland, book, brecht, carrie cracknell, chekhov, christmas, christopher hampton, comedy, david lan, drama, fiction, first world war, ibsen, interview, ivanov, john donnelly, katie mitchell, leonard cohen, london, lyric hammersmith, mark haddon, michael frayn, play, playwright, q and a, raymond carver, royal court, russia, russian, russian revolution, sean holmes, shakespeare, short story, simon stephens, story, the cherry orchard, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, the seagull, theatre, three sisters, tom stoppard, tragedy, uncle vanya, white bear, world war one, write, writer, writing, ww1, young vic | Leave a comment

Hidden treasures, war poets and Dracula

Posted on August 29, 2014 by mkmswain

In my Compass magazine Arts pages this month: Discover hidden treasures with Heritage Open Days New play explores Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon’s lives and work Fist pump to ’80s-tastic Rock of Ages Scary Little Girls’ blood-curdling Dracula Revered printmaker Colin See-Paynton shares his nocturnal encounters … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged art, article, cold war, compass, dance, deal, dorset, dracula, eighties, exhibition, famous five, film festival, first world war, gothic, hampshire, heritage open days, Jane Austen, magazine, museum, musical, new forest, painting, play, poet, poetry, portsmouth, print, rock, rock of ages, september, sherlock holmes, shop, shopping, Siegfried Sassoon, steampunk, theatre, vampire, Wilfred Owen, woodcarving, world war 2, world war one, world war two | Leave a comment

Sommer 14 – A Dance of Death, Finborough Theatre

Posted on August 9, 2014 by mkmswain

For those who have spent the past few months nodding along to World War I conversations while desperately trying to remember who killed that archduke and why, Rolf Hochhuth has kindly supplied a solution in the form of a dramatised … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anniversary, archduke franz ferdinand, assassination, austria, centenary, commemoration, danse macabre, death, drone, Edward VII, finborough theatre, first world war, germany, hochhuth, kaiser wilhelm, london, Lusitania, nuclear bomb, play, politician, review, royal, serbia, ship, sommer 14, war, winston churchill, world war one, ww1 | Leave a comment

Super shoes, fair play, jazz hands and Blackpool

Posted on May 2, 2014 by mkmswain

My articles in the May issue of Dance Today, out now: These shoes are made for dancing The development of perfect dance shoes, plus best footwear for beginners and pros, ballroom and Latin, and stunning Strictly stats Murder on the dancefloor Have we … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged ballroom, bbc, centenary, competition, cuban heel, dance, dance shoes, dance today, dancesport, dancing, dancing on ice, dirty rotten scoundrels, dsi, fair play, first world war, International Dance Shoes, latin, magazine, musical, Paoul, remembrance, review, sabotage, salsa, savoy theatre, scd, shoes, soho theatre, stage, strictly, strictly come dancing, supadance, tour, tv, war, wembley arena, west end, world war one, ww1 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: world war one

Death Takes A Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre

The Patriotic Traitor, Park Theatre

Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Not About Heroes, Trafalgar Studios

Strictly Speaking: Week 7

Regeneration, Richmond Theatre

10 questions on Chekhov for playwright Simon Stephens

Hidden treasures, war poets and Dracula

Sommer 14 – A Dance of Death, Finborough Theatre

Super shoes, fair play, jazz hands and Blackpool

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