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BWW Interview: Lucie Jones

Posted on October 20, 2016 by mkmswain

The actress and singer on X Factor and starring in the 20th-anniversary revival of Rent. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here Advertisements

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 20th anniversary, broadwayworld, interview, jonathan larson, london, lucie jones, maureen, musical, rent, st james theatre, tour, uk, x factor | Leave a comment

We need to talk about music. Strictly precariously straddles the worlds of ballroom and entertainment, so it can’t – and shouldn’t – be wall-to-wall Victor Silvester, but we’ve reached a crisis point. Song and theme choices (as I understand it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged ballroom, bbc, blackpool, brandon flowers, celebrity, charleston, chicago, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dance off, dance today, dancing, georgia may foote, jamelia, jeremy vine, latin, quickstep, samba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, tv, x factor | Leave a comment

Strictly Strictly Week 7

Posted on November 9, 2015 by mkmswain

Phew! A return to form following last week’s Halloween hellscape, with some great performances, the series’ first 10s, and Jeremy Vine riding a horse. All that, AND copious amounts of genuinely informative training footage? You’re spoiling us, Mr Ambassador. Read … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged 10, american smooth, argentine tango, bbc, carol kirkwood, celebrity, charleston, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dance off, georgia may foote, halloween, jay mcguiness, judges, kellie bright, len goodman, peter andre, remembrance sunday, samba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, tv, waltz, x factor | Leave a comment

Strictly Speaking: Week 5

Posted on October 26, 2015 by mkmswain

Let me start this Strictly recap by stating that whatever pain meds Len “8s for everyone!” Goodman is on, I want some. Perhaps they would have enlivened a rather dreary mid-series outing, in which everyone seemed to be pacing themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged ainsley harriott, ballroom, bruno tonioli, Bryan Adams, busby berkeley, dance, dance off, dancing, elimination, elvis, foxtrot, gleb, halloween, helen george, jamelia, jay mcguiness, jive, judges, katie derham, kellie bright, knee operation, latin, len goodman, natalie lowe, paso doble, peter andre, quickstep, rumba, salsa, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, swearing, watershed, x factor | Leave a comment

Obvious, unfunny satire finds nothing new on Brand furore

Posted on October 9, 2015 by mkmswain

Back in 2008, Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross prank-called Andrews Sachs, claiming Brand had slept with his granddaughter. Daniel Dingsdale’s debut Dark Tourism opens with a similar incident: two radio shock jocks, one a pale imitation of Brand, and a joke … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, celebrity, dark tourism, drama, ham and high, joke, jonathan ross, media, newspaper, nsfw, park theatre, play, pr, publicist, radio, rape, reality tv, revenge porn, review, russell brand, sex, tabloid, theatre, violence, x factor, xfm | Leave a comment

Dark Tourism, Park Theatre

Posted on October 2, 2015 by mkmswain

Stop press: our rampant celebrity culture might not be wholly positive! If you’ve already been apprised of that fact some time in the past century, go ahead and skip actor Daniel Dingsdale’s debut play, which – along with Steve Thompson’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, celeb, celebrity, dark tourism, drama, fame, famous, jonathan ross, journalist, london, lucy kirkwood, media, network, nsfw, paparazzi, park theatre, play, pr, princess diana, radio, reality tv, review, russell brand, sex, sex tape, singer, social media, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, x factor, xfm | Leave a comment

Pick of the Week

Posted on March 5, 2015 by mkmswain

Juliette Binoche’s Antigone, Rebecca Ferguson’s Billie Holiday and horse play on the Fourth Plinth. Marianka Swain looks forward to next week on theartsdesk Read my full preview here

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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

Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Posted on November 3, 2014 by mkmswain

Oh Strictly Halloween Week, how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways… Idiotic VTs If I comment on every single one of these, I will cry. Instead, each am-dram fright with the production values of a 1970s training video … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking Week 1

Posted on September 29, 2014 by mkmswain

Strictly is back, and it has a bold new strategy for fending off the competition: absorb it all, like some kind of light-entertainment power-ingesting cannibal. Hence the patronising Gogglebox people-watching-people-watching-telly opening and X Factor belief that logic and coherence only impede your … Continue reading →

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BWW Interview: Lucie Jones

Strictly Speaking: Week 8

Strictly Strictly Week 7

Strictly Speaking: Week 5

Obvious, unfunny satire finds nothing new on Brand furore

Strictly Speaking: Week 7

Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Strictly Speaking Week 1

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