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Saturday, November 11, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the Taylor Wessing photo prize to Hedda Gabler’s UK tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AM
Friday, November 10, 2017

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Playhouse SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

NEW GENERATION REVIEWER MICHAEL ADAIR UNMOVED BY MANSPREADING BUT LOVES THE SWEARING The return of Glengarry Glen Ross feels rather timely. There is something striking about a play consistin…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:07AM
Thursday, November 9, 2017

TWELFTH NIGHT Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford by Libby Purves and Friends

A PERFECT TWELVE   “What country, friend, is this?” That soon becomes clear, in this beautiful rendition of Shakespeare’s melancholy comedy of love and misapprehension. From the f…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:56PM
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Christopher Plummer to replace Kevin Spacey in Getty film by Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a wholly unprecedented move, Kevin Spacey is being cut from Ridley Scott's finished film "All the Money in the World" and replaced by…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:54PM

Christopher Plummer to replace Kevin Spacey in Getty film by Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kevin Spacey is getting cut out of Ridley Scott's finished film "All the Money in the World" and replaced by Christopher Plummer just ov…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:37PM
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

WAIT UNTIL DARK New Wolsey Ipswich, & touring by Libby Purves and Friends

LIGHTS OUT,, CLUTCH YOUR SEAT   To be honest I was slightly daunted by the PR point that Karina Jones is the first blind actress in recent years to play Susy (hers was the Audrey Hepbur…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:33AM
Sunday, November 5, 2017

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP Touring East by Libby Purves and Friends

LITTLE NELL, ON THE ROAD AGAIN     Of all Dickens’ works this – originally a serial so gripping that American readers rushed the docks for the new edition – is such a…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:52AM
Saturday, November 4, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the return of Bananarama to a new play by the writer of Doctor Foster, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue rea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM
Friday, November 3, 2017

Every Cate Blanchett Performance, Ranked by Will Leitch and Tim Grierson

Cate Blanchett has been a star since the very first second we met her. Her first-ever movie role, after just a few years in the theater, was supporting Glenn Close and Frances McDormand — …

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00AM
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Kevin Spacey: Old Vic accused of ignoring sexual misconduct allegations by Mark Brown and Matthew Weaver

Numerous stories emerge saying London theatre paid no heed to allegations of groping and inappropriate sexual behaviour by the actorActors and former staff at the Old Vic have accused the th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

'It's very sweary!' What Labour MPs make of James Graham's political comedy Labour of Love by Interviews By Chris Wiegand and Emine Saner

The mountains of leaflets, the WhatsApp groups, the election night panic … Harriet Harman, Tracy Brabin and David Lammy on what the play gets right – and wrong Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

'House of Cards' filming suspended; new Spacey allegations by Lynn Elber and Mark Kennedy

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hollywood's widening sexual harassment crisis brought forth a second actor's allegation against Kevin Spacey on Tuesday, halted production on his…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:12PM

'House of Cards' filming suspended amid Spacey allegation by Lynn Elber and Mark Kennedy

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The suspension of filming on "House of Cards" Tuesday in response to allegations that star Kevin Spacey made sexual advances on a teen boy is a r…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:35PM

'House of Cards' filming suspended amid Spacey accusations by Lynn Elber and Mark Kennedy

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Filming of season 6 on the political thriller "House of Cards" has been suspended following accusations that Kevin Spacey made sexual advances on…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:24PM
Monday, October 30, 2017

THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE Hampstead Theatre, NW3 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE LONELY HEARTS OF WARTIME   If you need relief from the current outbreak of extreme social primness about male behaviour, you’re going to love the bit with Clive Francis , as the e…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:11PM
Sunday, October 29, 2017

OF KITH AND KIN Bush Theatre W12 by Libby Purves and Friends

WHOSE BABY?    It is a brave theme that Chris Thompson – a former social worker – has chosen. It is also a darkly, and accidentally, topical one since a court case is still…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:37PM
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg. Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year show to Beowulf on stage, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM
Friday, October 27, 2017

The US president nukes the world: read Harold Pinter's newly discovered play by Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter

Antonia Fraser, the playwright’s wife, is always being asked what he would have made of Trump. Now we know – thanks to her discovery of a sketch about a gung-ho ‘Pres’ unleashing a n…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM

RODELINDA Coliseum, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

GUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI LOSES HER HEART TO HOODLUMS Even ruthless, psychotic gangsters have to fall in love sometimes. And Rodelinda is all about what happens when the people at the …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:16AM
Thursday, October 26, 2017

YOUNG MARX The Bridge, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

ROISTERING AND REVOLUTION   There is a nice contrarian quality about Nicholas Hytner’s choice for his first production, in the dramatically beautiful new theatre he founded with N…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:29PM
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Letters: Roy Dotrice obituary by Kevin Bannon, John Machin and Geoffrey Batten

Kevin Bannon writes: Roy Dotrice took a leading role in the BBC television comedy series AP Herbert’s Misleading Cases (1967-71). He played the litigious, self-representing Albert Haddock,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PM

The Rockettes Own Christmas. But Spring Is a Tough Nut to Crack. by Michael Cooper and Gia Kourlas

They tried early spring, late spring and Harvey Weinstein. But the Rockettes have yet to create a warm-weather franchise to rival their Christmas show.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

ANYTHING THAT FLIES Jermyn St, SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

SHADOWS OF WAR AND LOSS   Not a good week for AA Milne. That “Goodbye Christopher Robin” film about his WW1 trauma comes out – then Philip Pullman sounds off scornfully about …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:24PM

THE DREAM FACTORY Touring by Libby Purves and Friends

GUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI FINDS HALF-TERM HEAVEN AT NORWICH PUPPET THEATRE “Have you ever wondered where dreams come from? Or how they get into your head?” A thought-provok…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:50AM
Monday, October 23, 2017

INSIGNIFICANCE Arcola, E8 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE SCIENTIST AND THE SEX SYMBOL, IN A PARANOID WORLD     The uneasy 1950s: Albert Einstein is exiled in America and called to appear before the unAmerican Activities committee for…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:24PM

Theatre Review: ‘Aida’ by Reston Community Players at Reston Community Center by David and Jena Jones

The curtain ascended Oct 20th on Reston Community Players’ colorful production of “Aida.” The auditorium was packed for the opening night gala of Reston’s 51st season of comm…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:00PM

Gillian Pensavalle of "The Hamilcast" On that time Lin-Manuel Miranda Came To Her Apartment, Got Drunk, and Did a 4-hour Interview by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

YOU GUYS!!! I am completely obsessed with today's guest, Gillian Pensavalle. Not only is the creator, producer, editor, and host of "The Hamilcast," but she is ALSO Patrick's podcast soulmat…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Sunday, October 22, 2017

FOR LOVE OR MONEY Touring by Libby Purves and Friends

CLUNTERING FLAPPYSKETS !  DON’T SMITTLE AND SKRYKE , IT’S BARRIE AGAIN…   By ‘eck, luv! They Northern Broadsides, they weren’t hid behind t’mangle when they wer…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:38PM
Friday, October 20, 2017

LABOUR OF LOVE Noel Coward Theatre WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A LESSON IN POLITICS, HUMANITY AND LOVE     The joyful thing about James Graham is that for all the playwright’s youth, diamond wit and forensic insight, there is a deep humankin…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:17AM
Thursday, October 19, 2017

A DAY BY THE SEA Southwark, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

AFTER THE WARS WERE OVER…     This is a lovely rediscovery, the kind of thing Two’s Company has repeatedly offered us in this enterprising theatre (we owe them those extraordin…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:58PM

THE LADY FROM THE SEA Donmar WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

GUEST CRITIC  MICHAEL ADAIR  ENCOUNTERS IBSEN’S BRACING RAGE   Ibsen’s 1889 work, The Lady From the Sea has washed ashore at the Donmar in a new version written by Elinor Cook…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:24AM

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