Monday, January 19, 2015
If these first few weeks are anything to go by, 2015 is going to be an entertaining year. Here are four, very different plays that I’ve seen recently and am happy to recommend. As usual, I…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:31AMThursday, January 15, 2015
It’s not often that you’re handed a full dossier with your ticket at a theatre press night, but then Truth, Lies, Diana is no ordinary theatre production. This “factional” drama attr…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:26AMTuesday, January 13, 2015
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the first major opening of 2015, and one of the year’s biggest musicals, had its West End premiere last night (Monday 12 January 2015, previe…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:15AMMonday, January 12, 2015
After perusing so many other people’s year-end, best of lists, and compiling a few of mine, I hugely enjoyed taking part in the “As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast” (c…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:23AMSunday, January 11, 2015
It’s week three of my non-theatrical blog challenge and I’m having to revise my goal already. Previously, I gushed about my hope that my efforts would lead to the wonderful Caitlin Moran…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:36AMFriday, January 9, 2015
We’ve looked back ad nauseum over the past fortnight at the best of #theatre2014; now it’s time to look forward. And there’s SO much to look forward to theatrically. To help you keep t…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 02:43PMWednesday, January 7, 2015
I’m jealous of guests attending the UK gala screening of Into the Woods tonight at London’s Curzon Mayfair cinema. Not for the celeb-spotting, paparazzi-dodging, canape-scarfing …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:40AMSunday, January 4, 2015
Here we are in week two of my new, non-theatrical blog challenge: to get Caitlin Moran to take notice of me and eventually become my best friend. And also to get me into the discipline of wr…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:18AMFriday, January 2, 2015
In this new year gorgefest of lists, The Stage‘s annually compiled Stage 100 of the top influencers in theatre takes the cake. Launched in January 1997, The Stage 100 is now in its 1…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 02:16PMThursday, January 1, 2015
Rounding up the best of the best of theatre 2014 highlights got me reflecting on my own year in theatre. Having unexpectedly left WhatsOnStage just before Christmas 2013, the shape and pace …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 03:45PMWednesday, December 31, 2014
Can you keep up with all the 2014 theatrical year round-ups? I’ve rounded up the round-ups to give you a quick overview. The Guardian went ALL out looking back with a profusion of top 10 l…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 11:37AMMonday, December 29, 2014
If your brain has started to turn to mush after too much turkey and mash, get yourself along to one of these four plays quick. I can personally recommend each for provoking serious thought, …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:51AMIf your brain has started to turn to mush after too much turkey and mash, get yourself along to one of these four plays quick. I can personally recommend each for provoking serious thought, …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:51AMSunday, December 28, 2014
In April, I set myself a month-long challenge to learn and share something useful every day. (You can read them all in my What I Learned Today series.) Now I’m getting a jump on my New Yea…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:05AMSaturday, December 27, 2014
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SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 11:11AMWednesday, December 24, 2014
It’s frightening how prescient Jack Thorne’s Hope is. Just this week, new research released by the Labour Party showed that streetlights are being switched off in three-quarters o…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:49AMTuesday, December 23, 2014
If you want a white Christmas in London, even after the 25th, you may consider stopping in to see Aled Jones and Tom Chambers in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. However, for a thicker sno…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:48AMMonday, December 22, 2014
Less than 24 hours before my scheduled post-show Q&A at the St James Theatre, I had a temperature of over 103° F (39.4° C). My boyfriend tells me I was semi-delirious. He contacted the…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 11:32AMFriday, December 12, 2014
What a fantastic time to be a kid in Theatreland! Never mind the plethora of pantomimes, and the superlative programming year-round at the Unicorn and Polka Theatres, this holiday season in …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 01:45PMThursday, December 11, 2014
What’s caught your eye this week? Here are a few pieces and issues that have caught mine and may be worth a longer look for you too. Free tickets, like free lunches, are paid for in go…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:16AMWednesday, December 3, 2014
I am fascinated and slightly bemused by the ongoing battle raging around theatre criticism: i.e. the “death” of serious print critics in favour of bloggers and the Twittersphere, which …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 12:26PMTuesday, December 2, 2014
I’m playing catch-up. Here are four shows I caught before my turkey-filled escape to the States last week for Thanksgiving. All of which serve up entertaining evenings in the theatre. As u…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 02:02PMThursday, November 20, 2014
Yesterday was the inaugural #LoveTheatre day. Run in partnership with Twitter UK, Guardian Culture Professionals Network and Culture Themes, it was widely embraced by theatres and theatre lo…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:07AMWednesday, November 19, 2014
There are plenty of plays to choose from on London’s fringe and Off-West End. Here are some that I’ve seen recently and am happy to recommend. As usual, I’ve listed them in closing dat…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:57AMTuesday, November 18, 2014
You may not have heard of octogenarian Sondra Lee, but you should have. This petite lady is a legend – and I had the privilege of chairing a Q&A with her along with Peter Tate and …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:43AMThursday, November 13, 2014
A note in the programme for Wildefire, Roy Williams’ new play about the perils of modern-day policing at Hampstead Theatre, deftly summarises the public relations problem that the police f…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 12:29PMMy partner Peter had vicious man-flu for over a week so it was only a matter of time until I caught the female equivalent, a.k.a the common cold. Yesterday morning, after a no-sleep night, I…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:25AMMonday, November 10, 2014
Most review publications rate shows on a five-star basis. But even full fives across the board from every theatre critic in the country won’t guarantee a hit. So what does? Over his 30-odd…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 02:26PMThursday, November 6, 2014
On Monday night, I had the pleasure of attending the second official gathering of the London theatre bloggers, an amorphous group of 30-odd who you can follow collectively at #LDNTheatreBlog…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:15AMWednesday, November 5, 2014
My first thought when the folks behind a new musical based on Guy Fawkes tweeted me this morning was: what a great idea for a musical! My second thought was: why hasn’t it been done befor…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:43AMThursday, October 30, 2014
In my Theatre Diary last week, I recommended two new musicals – Urinetown and The Scottsboro Boys, both originated in New York and given UK premiere productions Off-West End before transfe…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:46PM 
