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Friday, February 14, 2025

The Value of Names post-show video and photos: What are the consequences of ‘un-American’ activities? by Terri Paddock

At the height of the Red Scare in the US, Congress’ House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) targeted Hollywood as a hub of subversive Communist activity and held high-profile hearing…

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

And If The Surface Tension Breaks post-show video and photos: Celebrating the end of the world by Terri Paddock

How will the world end? And how will you spend your final moments just before it happens? That's the setting for Proforca Theatre's latest world premiere play, And If The Surface Tension Bre…

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Firebird post-show video and photos: Back in the USSR with a true-life forbidden love story by Terri Paddock

On a Soviet Air Force Base in occupied Estonia in the 1970s, a conscripted private falls in love with a young maverick fighter pilot. The true-life love story that enraged Vladimir Putin now…

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Belly of the Beast post-show video and photos: Do schools demand conformity? by Terri Paddock

One of the most sobering statistics in Belly of the Beast's programme note comes from The School Report 2017: 84% of trans students, including non-binary individuals, self harmed, and 45% at…

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Man in the Rain post-show video and photos: Theatre as therapy, Shakespeare for the soul by Terri Paddock

I first met actor Tony Bell twenty years ago thanks to Propeller Theatre, the hugely successful all-male Shakespearean ensemble. He now returns to the stage in a deeply personal, self-penned…

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Synchronicity: A meeting of two great minds, Carl Jung and Wolfgang Pauli by Terri Paddock

My friend Raymond Whitaker and I give our reactions to Arthur I Miller's new play about the friendship between psychologist Carl Jung and the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli. Th…

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Saturday, October 26, 2024

The Forsyte Saga post-show video and photos: How to breathe theatrical life into a literary mammoth by Terri Paddock

If not through the 1932 Nobel Prize-winning nine-novel literary classic, many audience members will be familiar with John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga through its serial TV adaptations. T…

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Wiesenthal post-show video and photos: Remembering the Holocaust and hunting Nazis by Terri Paddock

Eleven million people died during the Holocaust, six million of them Jews. Simon Wiesenthal survived and then dedicated the rest of his life to preserving the memory of, and seeking justice …

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Thursday, August 29, 2024

Myrninerest post-show video and photos: Who was Madge Gill and what is her legacy? by Terri Paddock

Stop what you’re doing and Google Madge Gill right now. This fascinating woman and self-taught artist, the subject of the sixth in James Kenworth’s Newham Plays series, is worthy of your…

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Edinburgh Day 4: Cardboard boxes, brilliant things & a lesson in economics by Terri Paddock

On Day Four at the Edinburgh Fringe, my last, I squeezed in two final shows before rushing for my afternoon train home: Every Brilliant Thing and It's the Economy, Stupid! The post Edinburgh…

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Edinburgh Day 3: Gender-bending, disco, defections & cabaret activism by Terri Paddock

Getting into my stride on Day 3 with six shows. Meta theatricality, strong women, lost little boys, activism, and musical hit-makers are amongst some of the common themes. The post Edinburgh…

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Edinburgh Day 2: Dylan Mulvaney’s musical redemption, poetry & post-election political parody by Terri Paddock

Day two in Edinburgh - my first full day - comprised five shows sandwiched around an industry drinks event: two more featuring performers with large social media followings. Not least, the i…

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Edinburgh Day 1: Stagey super-fans, randy puppets & fire alarms by Terri Paddock

In my first return to Edinburgh since long before the pandemic, can I manage a proper Fringe binge? Straight off the train, I see I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical, The Sex Lives of Puppets…

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Monday, July 1, 2024

Jupiter’s Ghost post-show video and photos: What happens when the line between AI and human blurs? by Terri Paddock

Two of the most urgent issues facing the world today - climate change and the dizzying acceleration of Artificial Intelligence - collide in Jupiter's Ghost, Tani Gill's dystopian drama with …

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

Marie Curie post-show video and photos: Where’s the science in musical theatre? by Terri Paddock

Before chairing this discussion for Marie Curie at Charing Cross Theatre, I was racking my brains trying to think of other musicals about science. Films and plays aplenty. But musicals? The…

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Friday, June 14, 2024

Drag Baby post-show video and photos: Celebrating queer families in Pride month by Terri Paddock

There were multiple art-imitating-life revelations and resonances during the post-show talk for Grace Carroll's new play Drag Baby, about a drag queen considering sperm donation for an ex-gi…

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Saturday, May 4, 2024

Kunstler post-show video and photos: Getting justice for war protestors by Terri Paddock

The timing of this overdue European premiere of Jeffrey Sweet’s 2013 biographical play about the American civil rights lawyer William Kunstler (1919-1995), best known for his defence of Vi…

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Remembrance Monday post-show video and photos: Could you ever forget your own love story? by Terri Paddock

When you find 'the one', can you ever know how long you have? Will your time together be long or short? What will be the first and last thing you remember about it? The post Remembrance Mond…

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England post-show video and photos: Are all football plays really about male mental health? by Terri Paddock

Remember how exciting it was when England made it to the men’s Euro 2020 final (in 2021 due to Covid). Remember the bloke who got so excited he lit his bum on fire?! His incendiary social …

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Monday, April 8, 2024

Breeding post-show video and photos: How much does adoption discriminate? by Terri Paddock

It's been an extraordinary eight-year journey for Breeding, Barry McStay's comedy-drama about a gay couple's struggles with adoption, with many midwives helping the play's rebirths along the…

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

Horne’s Descent post-show video and photos: Are we destined for heaven or hell? by Terri Paddock

Are we all headed straight to heaven or hell? Is there anything we can do to change direction? To alter who we truly are ? These are some of the big questions at the heart of Nina Atesh's n…

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Sunday, March 31, 2024

The Valley of Fear post-show video and photos: Investigating the case of Sherlock Holmes’ enduring legacy by Terri Paddock

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, with his ever-loyal sidekick Dr Watson, holds the Guinness World Record as the most portrayed human literary character in history. What's the endur…

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

Lear’s Shadow post-show video and photos: How to adapt Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy as a monologue by Terri Paddock

How do you reimagine a 3,700-line play with 20+ named characters and a normal performance time of up to four hours into a 70-minute monologue? The post Lear’s Shadow post-show video and ph…

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Sunday, January 14, 2024

Exhibitionists post-show video and photos: A celebration of gay life where no one dies by Terri Paddock

It was a shared love of screwball comedies from the 1930s and 1940s that brought Shaun McKenna and Andrew Van Sickle together. And the realisation that so many of the dramatists of the time …

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Exhibitionists post-show video and photos: A celebration of gay life where no one dies by Terri Paddock

It was a shared love of 1930s screwball comedies that brought Shaun McKenna and Andrew Van Sickle together. And a realisation that so many of the dramatists of the time were secretly gay tha…

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Double Act post-show video and photos: How much would you laugh on your last day? by Terri Paddock

How often do you have a word with yourself? We're all familiar with the concept of an inner voice, chipping in with sometimes decidedly unhelpful suggestions. The post Double Act post-show v…

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Phantasmagoria post-show video and photos: How worried are you about divides in politics today? by Terri Paddock

I started my post-show talk for Kali Theatre's premiere of Phantasmagoria by asking the audience about their thoughts on politics today, including: are you feeling largely optimistic or pes…

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Venom post-show video and photos: Remaking Medusa for middle age and #MeToo by Terri Paddock

My admiration for Emma Burnell knows no bounds. I followed her as a political journalist for years before becoming friends through MyTheatreMates. I've been amazed to watch her turn her hand…

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

The Changeling post-show video and photos: Who’s mad here? All of us! by Terri Paddock

In Lazarus Theatre's new reimagining of Jacobean drama The Changeling, adapter/director Ricky Dukes has taken his usual scalpel to the original text. In this case, losing the entire subplot …

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Monday, October 9, 2023

Flowers for Mrs Harris post-show video and photos: What’s your version of Ada’s Christian Dior dress? by Terri Paddock

What do you covet so much that you would work yourself, save and sacrifice for years, just for the chance of making the prized possession yours? The post Flowers for Mrs Harris post-show vid…

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Am I Irish Yet? post-show video and photos: Irishness is Ireland’s greatest export ☘️ by Terri Paddock

Dr Theatre came to the rescue at the White Bear Theatre for the London run of Am I Irish Yet?, the acclaimed one-woman show written and performed by Kate Kerrigan The post Am I Irish Yet? po…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre