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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Is London the real festival city in August? InMotion & other capital offerings by Terri Paddock

I’m in the slightly odd position this month of working on an Edinburgh show while not being in Edinburgh at all. (Mind you, I have seen the show, in China in May, so can knowledgeably …

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:03AM
Saturday, August 19, 2017

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the play’s original home by Terri Paddock

Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to the company of Samuel Beckett's masterpiece WAITING FOR GODOT, as the play returns home to the stage where it had its English-language premiere 62…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

From Stage to Page Q&A podcast and photos: How is the international scene changing for new musicals? by Terri Paddock

Two years ago, I chaired the opening night discussion at the third annual From Page to Stage festival of new musicals founded by Aria Entertainment’s Katy Lipson. The central question…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 11:29AM
Monday, August 14, 2017

Musicals diary: Spoonful of Sherman, Adrian Mole, Girl from the North Country by Terri Paddock

Most of nights last week was devoted to just one play, Preethi Nair’s Sari: The Whole Five Yards, which I’m trying to help find a future life. But I have managed a few memorable …

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:48AM
Friday, August 11, 2017

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to talk to Late Company cast in West End premiere by Terri Paddock

Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to the stars and director of the European premiere of Jordan Tannahill's LATE COMPANY, transferring from the Finborough Theatre to the West End's Tra…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, August 8, 2017

My plays diary: Sari, Around the World in 80 Days, The Wasp, Flood by Terri Paddock

My plays diary this week isn’t terribly varied. I’m spending most nights at the Tristan Bates Theatre, all in aid of one production: Preethi Nair‘s Sari: The Whole Five Ya…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:03AM
Monday, August 7, 2017

New post-show debate: Terri hosts Edward II talk on gay theatre pre- & post-decriminalisation by Terri Paddock

As part of her post-show event series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will host an expert panel discussion on gay theatre pre- and post-decriminalisation 50 years ago, following Lazarus Thea…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Friday, August 4, 2017

Would founder Dan Crawford approve of the King’s Head’s big move? by Terri Paddock

The King’s Head Theatre attracted widespread coverage this week for its announcement that it is moving out of the King’s Head pub on Upper Street in Islington, north London, its home for…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:57AM
Thursday, August 3, 2017

Counting Sheep and top-notch bloggers by Terri Paddock

I’ve had issues with sleep – or rather lack of sleep – since I was a teenager. I won’t be an insomnia bore and tell you ALL of the so-called remedies I’ve tried over the years, inc…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:30PM
Friday, July 28, 2017

Q&A podcast and photos: Is Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew inherently misogynistic? by Terri Paddock

Is Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew inherently misogynistic? Particularly with its treatment of spirited Kate, the Shrew of the title, who is starved and mentally tormented (gasli…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:06AM
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Q&A podcast and photos: What would Lucille Ball think of I Loved Lucy? by Terri Paddock

It’s always a real privilege to have the playwright involved when you’re chairing a post-show Q&A. But when the play is also based on the playwright’s own best-sellin…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:57PM
Thursday, July 20, 2017

New post-show Q&A: Songwriters’ showcase opening From Page to Stage festival by Terri Paddock

As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will help open the fifth annual From Page to Stage season of new musicals with an opening night panel debate …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM
Monday, July 17, 2017

Q&A photos and video: Monkeying around with nose flutes at King Kong by Terri Paddock

Before I attended King Kong, Daniel Clarkson‘s bonkers stage parody of the 1933 film classic, last week at The Vaults, I never knew there was such a thing as a nose flute. Now I will n…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 11:29AM
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to talk to I Loved Lucy’s author & stars by Terri Paddock

Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to the author, director and stars of Lee Tannen's hit bio-play I LOVED LUCY, returning for a third London season by popular demand, after the perform…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM

Q&A podcast and photos: How new British one-man musical Superhero took flight by Terri Paddock

How many creatives does it take to make a one-man musical? The answer can be “quite a few”. And that it is in the case of SUPERHERO, the British one-man – or rather R…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:03AM
Monday, July 3, 2017

My theatre diary: West End Live, Lady Day, Hamlet and Quentin Dentin by Terri Paddock

My theatre week last week started and ended with musicals. My partner Peter and I rushed back from our – rather too work-filled – fortnight in Mallorca just in time for West End …

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:21AM
Thursday, June 29, 2017

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to talk bananas at KING KONG comedy by Terri Paddock

Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to the author, director and cast of this world premiere comedy stage adaptation of KING KONG at London's Vaults Theatre on Wednesday 12 July 2017. Go…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM

Rotterdam Q&A podcast: From Theatre503 to Oliviers & London Pride by Terri Paddock

Just 11 months after I chaired my first post-show talk for Jon Brittain's Rotterdam - then at Trafalgar Studios for its West End premiere - and so much has changed.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:25AM
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to talk to new Superhero musical’s creators by Terri Paddock

As part of her post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to the creators and star of new "one-dad" musical Superhero, premiering at London's Southwark Playhouse, af…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:30PM
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Q&A podcast and photos: Talking prison lessons with Held‘s writer, director and stars by Terri Paddock

What’s the most important lesson in a prison ‘education’? HELD is a hard-hitting new British prison drama exploring the broken lives of five inmates, including two young of…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:13PM
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to talk to HELD’s writer, director & cast by Terri Paddock

Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to the author, director and stars of uncompromising prison tale HELD at London's Tristan Bates Theatre on Saturday 10 June 2017. Got any questions?

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AM
Thursday, May 11, 2017

My Waiting for God interview series: Leading man Jeffrey Holland by Terri Paddock

I was recently hired by the producer of Waiting for God to interview the show’s stars and writer as it embarks on a major UK tour. Here’s the first in a three-part series. Wait…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:00AM
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Q&A podcast and photos: Lessons in kindness and comedy on Fried Meat Ridge Rd. by Terri Paddock

I had a hunch that this would be an especially amusing post-show Q&A and the company and audience of American hillbilly comedy Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Rd., now transferred to the W…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:34PM

My Waiting for God interview series: Leading lady Nichola McAuliffe by Terri Paddock

I was recently hired by the producer of Waiting for God to interview the show’s stars and writer as it embarks on a major UK tour. Here’s the first in a three-part series. Wait…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:00AM
Monday, May 8, 2017

My Waiting for God interview series: Writer and creator Michael Aitkens by Terri Paddock

I was recently hired by the producer of Waiting for God to interview the show’s stars and writer as it embarks on a major UK tour. Here’s the first in a three-part series. Wait…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:00AM
Sunday, May 7, 2017

Q&A photos and podcast: Swinging Sixties-style with new musical Pete ‘n’ Keely by Terri Paddock

A string of hits, a cast of two, ‘Forever Plaid’ meets ‘I Do, I Do’. James Hindman‘s 2000 Off-Broadway musical two-hander Pete ‘n’ Keely gets its European premiere at Trist…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:21AM
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century? by Terri Paddock

James Shirley‘s 1641 tragic masterpiece THE CARDINAL, one of the last plays staged in England before Oliver Cromwell’s ban on theatre, this month receives its first major product…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:57PM
Thursday, April 27, 2017

New post-show panel debate: Terri hosts discussion on misogyny at The Taming of the Shrew by Terri Paddock

As part of her post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will host a post-show panel discussion on feminism and misogyny onstage following Lazarus Theatre's re-imagining of S…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
Monday, April 24, 2017

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the Euro premiere of Off-Broadway musical Pete ‘n’ Keely by Terri Paddock

Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to the director and stars of the European premiere of Off-Broadway musical comedy after the matinee on Saturday 2 May 2017. Got any questions?

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM

My theatre diary: Guards at the Taj, Junkyard, Waiting for God and Sea Fret by Terri Paddock

Here’s a round-up of productions I’ve seen it recent weeks which I haven’t already covered in Press Passes (do please dance your way as soon as you can into seeing both An …

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:30AM
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Inspired by David Baddiel: My top ten most highly trolled tweets by Terri Paddock

As a Twitter geek, one of the things I enjoyed most about David Baddiel‘s latest one-man show My Family: Not the Sitcom, which is now enjoying its second West End run at the Playhouse …

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 12:35PM