Tag Archives: youth

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 →

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BWW Interview: Madani Younis

Posted on March 15, 2017 by mkmswain

The Bush Theatre’s Artistic Director discusses its redevelopment and future plans. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged art, artist, arts council, black lives black words, black lives matter, broadwayworld, building, bush theatre, children, community, culture, diversity, education, government, interview, kids, local council, london, madani younis, new, play, project, reopening, schools, shepherd's bush, subsidy, theatre, tickets, work, writer, young, youth | Leave a comment

Starry alumni, sharp satire and hope for the future in National Youth Theatre’s 60th celebrations

Posted on September 19, 2016 by mkmswain

Sixty years young, last night the National Youth Theatre celebrated its storied past, buoyant present and – with a heartfelt plea for more financial support – essential future in a star-studded diamond gala at Shaftesbury Theatre. Those NYT participants who … Continue reading →

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Ten great plays set in summer

Posted on July 28, 2015 by mkmswain

To coincide with the opening of Three Days in The Country, Patrick Marber’s new adaption of Turgenev, I’ve rounded up 10 other great plays set in the summer, from bucolic romance and adolescent yearning to fiery conflict and family combustion. Read my … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Worthy but thin tale of broken Britain

Posted on February 13, 2015 by mkmswain

Eighteen months on, and Ed Miliband is still intoning “Cost of living crisis” in the hope of persuading disillusioned voters that someone at Westminster understands their plight. Yet the gulf between rhetoric and experience seems ever widening, making art that … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: youth

All Change Please, Lucy Kerbel

BWW Interview: Madani Younis

Starry alumni, sharp satire and hope for the future in National Youth Theatre’s 60th celebrations

Ten great plays set in summer

Peter Pan, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Worthy but thin tale of broken Britain

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