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Friday, December 23, 2011

How the arts risk-takers reaped their rewards | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

From The King's Speech to the Great British Bake Off, this year's arts winners ignored the safety-first rules of surviving a downturnThe year began and now ends with an odd little movie, sho…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Betty Blue Eyes: the prime cut that nobody wanted by Mark Lawson

Betty Blue Eyes was a critical smash, but the final curtain comes down early this weekend. Why are original British musicals being squeezed out of the West End? Blog: join the debateOn the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Audiences, end these noises off | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

David Mellor is right to remonstrate with unruly theatre-goers. But he's fighting a losing battleThe opera-going former politician David Mellor has reportedly taken to remonstrating with mem…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM[SHARE]
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Should we care who wrote William Shakespeare's plays? | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

On the anniversary of his death, researchers " driven by a devotion to plays which have lasted centuries " are still finding, and deleting, works to credit to himThis week, I spent six hours…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 11, 2011

The phone call all TV producers fear by Mark Lawson

Copyright law can be a minefield " as the BBC found out over Room at the TopThe sudden removal from the BBC4 schedule last week of a new dramatisation of John Braine's novel Room at the Top,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM[SHARE]
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Makeup for Johnny Depp | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

He may be white, but Johnny Depp is perfect casting for Tonto, the Lone Ranger's Native American sidekickReports that a movie remake of The Lone Ranger will star Johnny Depp as the Native A…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM[SHARE]
Friday, December 3, 2010

Theatre's tinsel pound makes children of us all again | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

From pantos to atheism, from Great War slaughter to Ronnie Corbett, every hit festive show will make us look back in wonderThe Royal Court Theatre in London has always been a pioneer: the si…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM[SHARE]

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