Wednesday, July 11, 2018
I have been closely following the World Cup, although I have not watched a single game. The reason is, if you ever
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A few weeks ago, the Hungarian State Opera was staging its own production of Billy Elliot. This was its third season of
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At first glance, theatre and aviation may not have much in common. However, a recent experience got me thinking. In March, four days
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Understudy Steph Parry’s story of stepping out of 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and moments later into the lead role in Mamma Mia! down the street
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Carole Rothman, artistic director of New York’s Second Stage, caused a bit of a stir last year. At the launch event ahead
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Here’s a challenge: can you remember the best musical nominees at this year’s Olivier awards? What about those nominees a year earlier
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It’s so 1980s. That’s a criticism, and one that has been frequently levelled at the recent London revival of Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny
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Theatres have long sought to entice prospective audiences through their doors by emblazoning their marquees and accompanying signage with rapturous quotes from
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On a recent visit to see Once on This Island at New York’s Circle in the Square Theater, I experienced a new level of security check.
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A new musical staging of Pretty Woman arrives on Broadway in July. The movie-to-musical format is not a new concept; works such
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Over the past month, four stories about the entertainment industry have made a deep impression on me. The first was Anne-Marie Duff candidly talking about
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Over the past few weeks, our news has been preoccupied with the spiralling violence against young people on London’s streets this year. Among
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In recent years, the Oliviers have often felt at the mercy of the broadcasters, appearing grateful that anyone still wants to put
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At this Sunday’s Olivier Awards – the West End’s biggest night of the year – will there be a David-and-Goliath moment in
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More than any other art form, the musical seems to have the ability to cause an extreme reaction – either in support
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I have been in Australia and New Zealand for the past few weeks, experiencing the major festival season that runs in both
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In recent weeks, the UK was hit by severe weather – blizzards, gales and extreme cold – forcing the Met Office to issue
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On a street in Adelaide, two solo shows are currently running in neighbouring theatres. Both take their audiences on a journey into space
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The Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) took place in Brisbane last week. It was the final one in this city, which hosted
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Two of the top-selling chart albums of the past 12 months were Alfie Boe and Michael Ball’s Together Again, and Leading Ladies, featuring West End stars Beverley
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Theatre is often compared to a race: which building or company is getting ahead? Which is falling behind? A theatre can end up
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In the same week that The Stage published its harassment report, I finished reading Get Me the Urgent Biscuits, Sweetpea Slight’s memoir about working as an assistant
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Last week, I received the accolade of becoming the first British producer to have opened theatre productions simultaneously in the US and Iran
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Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet’s double-dealing real-estate drama, ends its revival run at London’s Playhouse Theatre next week. When the Olivier nominations are announced
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James Barber may not be a familiar name to those outside the industry, but he was as great a star as any
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Last Saturday, two productions closed in the West End, but with differing fortunes. The first was the long-running Stomp. After 15 years in
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We are a nation obsessed with lists. The end of the year brings out the annual countdowns featuring everything from gaffes to
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This year, I will be heading to the Pavilion Theatre Gorleston to see Cinderella, perhaps not the most obvious pantomime destination amid the UK’s
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Venus in Fur, the hit Broadway show by US playwright David Ives, ended its first British run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket last Saturday.
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In these globally turbulent times of Trump, Brexit and a myriad of other issues, the social purpose of theatre has never been more
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Theatre finds itself between a rock and hard place. The past couple of months have left many of us with a mix of emotions and
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