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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Sand in the Sandwiches, Theatre Royal, Haymarket review - delightful but sanitised by Matthew Wright

Hugh Whitemore's skillful highlights reel over-eggs a complex poet's charmBard of Metroland and scourge of Slough, John Betjeman is, alongside Philip Larkin on parenthood, still on…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:18AM
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Café Society Swing, Leicester Square Theatre by Matthew Wright

Alex Webb’s musical Café Society Swing, about a provocatively liberal Manhattan jazz club in the 1940s, made a much-anticipated return to the Leicester Square Theatre last night. With rem…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:58AM
Friday, April 6, 2012

New Cirque du Soliel show Amaluna, a ‘homage to women’ by Matthew Wright

The upcoming Cirque du Soliel production Amaluna will be a love story inspired by Greek mythology, Amazonian warrior women and Shakespeare, featuring 70% female performers

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:00AM
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Neil Patrick Harris to host 2012 Tony Awards by Matthew Wright

Harris will be faced with the challenge of reversing the Broadway-focused award's declining viewership — it is the least watched among the televised award shows (including the Grammys, Osc…

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 06:32PM
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Somalia’s National Theatre reopens after two decades by Matthew Wright

For the first time in more than two decades, Mogadishu's National Theatre in Somalia re-opened on Monday to stage a play centred on the future of their nation.

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:32PM
Monday, March 19, 2012

Aussie satirist says he’ll retire Dame Edna after upcoming tour by Matthew Wright

Barrie Humphries, the Australian-born satirist behind the world's most famous possum-lover, Dame Edna Everage, has announced that his upcoming tour will be Edna's last

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:27PM