Sunday, October 22, 2017
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 12:38PMFriday, October 20, 2017
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 03:17AMThursday, October 19, 2017
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 02:58PMGUEST 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 03:24AMTuesday, October 17, 2017
O ENGLAND IS A GARDEN… There’s a lawn and a vast magnificent tree. In dim moonlight before the start a figure in khaki – could be any war – kneels to feel the eart…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:06PMMonday, October 16, 2017
OSCAR’S BACK! IN THE VERY WEEK OF HIS BIRTHDAY… A theatrical phenomenon of the 20th century is the way that some of the most perceptive parts for women were written by g…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:32PMBy his mid-20s he had scooped the Perrier award and landed his own TV show. But Sean Hughes never wanted to be a stadium standup. Mark Steel and Rhona Cameron pay tribute to a troubled talen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMSunday, October 15, 2017
From the return of St Vincent to Dr Seuss on stage, here is our pick of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMSaturday, October 14, 2017
The “Pope of Trash” hosts a sleep-away camp in Litchfield County, Conn. Yes, there were marshmallows, polyester and nudity.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:00AMFriday, October 13, 2017
LUKE JONES RELISHES ELDRIDGE ON MIDLIFE CHAOS When the music stops and the lights click on, your first thought is ‘sweet Jesus what the hell went down at this party”? �…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:20AMWednesday, October 11, 2017
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
A TRANSYLVANIAN TRANSPORT OF DELIGHT Sometimes you just want a bit of fun. That is the moment to turn to Mel Brooks, master of daft parody. At 91, the master strode onstage ton…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:13PMA FINE ROMANCE? A quick quantum-mechanics lesson (though this is not a play about science). The Heisenberg principle asserts that there is a limit to knowing what will happen to the p…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:47AMMonday, October 9, 2017
YOU. GUYS. I. AM. DYING. OF. EXCITEMENT! We have been trying to get Helene Yorke on Theater People for YEARS! We have been completely obsessed with her since seeing her in her star-making tu…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, October 8, 2017
FAITHFUL TO UNFAITHFULNESS, ZELLER SPARKLES AGAIN This is a companion-piece to the stormingly funny, cruelly witty THE TRUTH: Florian Zeller, translated from the French with ve…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:08PMBamTech has had success with its services for Major League Baseball, HBO and others. Disney is hoping the company can do the same for it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:59AMFiction and drama hold a mirror to the virtues and vices of an age. Here’s our pick of the bestRead the rest of the Observer’s 100 political books series hereRichard Wright wrote to his …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMSaturday, October 7, 2017
Introducing our regular roundup of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance, including Blade Runner 2049, Little Mix and Dalí/Duchamp Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMTuesday, October 3, 2017
A JOYFUL JIGSAW: TABLE MANNERS, LIVING TOGETHER, ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN In more rigorous technical times there was an art school exercise: “draw an imagined street-scene in pers…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:12PMMonday, October 2, 2017
This episode has been YEARS in the making. We are so so so excited to welcome Jeremy Jordan to the podcast. .And actually, we sort of tricked him into it. Jeremy initially agreed to sit down…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFriday, September 29, 2017
Two companies collaborate to take a delicate look at family dynamics, while the esteemed choreographer brings a deeply personal show to Sadler’s Wells1 Things I Know to Be TrueThis collabo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMA FAMILY SITCOM UPS ITS GAME… I didn’t much rate its premiere at the National in 2015, despite the achingly chic set I felt was “a kitchen-diner so huge and smart it makes David…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:19AMMonday, September 25, 2017
ON SEEING IT AGAIN…THE LATE EDITION IS BETTER STILL… Nipping late into the Almedia after the opening, I concurred with every word of Luke Jones’ review on theatrec…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:36PMFriday, September 22, 2017
Dominic Cooke’s revival of Stephen Sondheim’s beautiful musical continues its run at the National, while the celebrated choreographer returns to London1 FolliesStephen Sondheim’s flawe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMCHARLOTTE VALORI FINDS HERE, TOO, ARE TEARS FOR THE MISFORTUNES OF TROY While there are many excellent reasons to read Virgil’s Aeneid from cover to cover, more than once, the fourth book …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:28AMThursday, September 21, 2017
CHARLOTTE VALORI FINDS CLASS CIVIL WAR AT THE RSC Coriolanus doesn’t often hit the modern stage: its plot, a hymn to the necessary evil of educated patrician privilege in order to provide …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:48PMChristopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the biggest production the Australian Ballet has ever undertaken and it’s also one of the most spectacular. Created for the R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:23AMWednesday, September 20, 2017
Shakespeare in Love, the Oscar-winning 1998 film, has lately been turned into a play, and it’s currently making the rounds at a number of regional theaters around the country. A new produc…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:59AMAs his first solo album hits the stage, the You Am I singer asks playwright Aidan Fennessy the all important question: ‘what the hell were you thinking?’There’s something poetic about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42AMMonday, September 18, 2017
PEACE IN THEIR TIME…HOW TO DO IT This is a three-hour historical political play about Middle East negotiations in the 1990s: and it is absolutely thrilling. Pins you to your seat wi…
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