Thursday, July 28, 2016
What a treat it was to not only see Jon Brittain‘s Rotterdam again last night, but to be able to question this hugely talented young writer about his bittersweet comedy, which ranked…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:15AMTuesday, July 26, 2016
Ahead of the double-show gala day at the West End’s Palace Theatre this Saturday, a galaxy of stars have already turned out for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. And I’m not jus…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:36AMFriday, July 22, 2016
I first – and last – saw Neil LaBute‘s Some Girl(s) in its world premiere in the West End in 2005, in a production that starred Friends‘ David Schwimmer along with &#…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:28AMWednesday, July 20, 2016
What does The Trial of Jane Fonda, concerning the actor-activist’s controversial protests during the Vietnam War (in which the UK did not support our US allies), have to tell us about…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:24AMThursday, July 14, 2016
I first saw – and adored – Through the Mill when it premiered at the London Theatre Workshop (then above a pub in Fulham) last year. I was delighted when the show, which revolves…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:49AMMonday, July 11, 2016
Last seen in London in 1981, when its premiere production ran at the West End’s Apollo Theatre after success Off-Broadway, I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road h…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:05AMThursday, July 7, 2016
Most theatregoers will have only learned about Carl Peter Værnet from watching Claudio Macor‘s new play Savage, now running upstairs at the Arts Theatre. But the Nazi doctor from Den…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:14AMWednesday, July 6, 2016
Has anyone else had difficulty getting back into their theatregoing after the results of the EU Referendum? The two – excellent – plays I have managed to see since the UK vo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:44PMThursday, June 16, 2016
The first-night bookers could never have imagined that the timing of Aladdin‘s West End opening could feel so incongruous with what’s happening in the real world. For producers D…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:09AMTuesday, June 14, 2016
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past two months campaigning on behalf of Britain Stronger in Europe and Labour In for Britain. In these final days leading up to the EU Referendum ne…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:00PMThursday, June 9, 2016
Character portraits aren’t just for Harry Potter. Photographer Darren Bell gained access to the new cast of Buckland Theatre’s revival of Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(s) to sna…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:44AMTuesday, June 7, 2016
I thought I knew Theatreland pretty well… not so! As I found out when I downloaded the Official London Theatre Audio Tour with Ian McKellen. Here are seven interesting titbits I lea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:11AMFriday, June 3, 2016
In my years of covering theatre, I’ve seen a lot of Hollywood stars make their West End debuts, but I’ve rarely, if ever, seen it done with quite so much aplomb. Jesse Eisenberg and Kuna…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:43AMThursday, June 2, 2016
I’ve long been a fan of Katy Lipson at Aria Entertainment and have followed her fast-growing career with great interest. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to physically follow h…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:51AMCelebrity photographer Charlie Gray has shot three sets of exclusive character portraits of the grown-up characters from JK Rowling‘s Harry Potter series, along with the next generatio…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:55AMWednesday, June 1, 2016
Did you know that Sideways was an unpublished novel – rejected, like the efforts of the character Miles in the story, some 66 times – when the film rights were first picked up? …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:28PMTuesday, May 24, 2016
Having never met him before, in less than a week, I’ve crossed paths with Jon Lansman, chair of Momentum, twice. Last Thursday, he attended the monthly meeting of my constituency Labour pa…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:44PMMonday, May 23, 2016
I took slight umbrage with arts journalist Richard Brooks the other week. “You have probably not heard of Barney Norris,” started one of Brooks’ item in his weekly column in the Sunday…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:11AMSunday, May 22, 2016
When Monster Raving Loony was announced a few months ago, I got a bashing on Twitter when I cheekily asked dramatist James Graham if he’d considered writing his next political play about t…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 12:31PMWednesday, May 18, 2016
After graduating from Mountview Academy in 2015, Lucy Penrose made her professional debut in the world premiere of Ray Rackham’s Through the Mill at the London Theatre Workshop. For her ro…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:05AMThursday, May 12, 2016
The Buskers Opera, set during the London 2012 Olympics, is inspired by John Gay‘s 1728 The Beggar’s Opera which, amongst other works, has also inspired Brecht’s 1928 piece…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:18AMWednesday, May 11, 2016
When the news came in late yesterday that, just a fortnight after opening, Show Boat had posted West End closing notices, I was both shocked and not the least bit surprised.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:15AMMonday, May 9, 2016
I’m not a great one for horror films: I scare way too easily. Even Shaun of the Dead gave me nightmares, and no, I’m not kidding about that. I’ve never seen any of the original Troma c…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:15AMWednesday, May 4, 2016
How much has changed for female playwrights since 1985 when Charlotte Keatley wrote her landmark play, My Mother Said I Never Should? The play is now receiving its first major London revival…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:58AMMonday, May 2, 2016
I’ve met up with two friend couples since seeing Nick Payne’s new play Elegy at the Donmar Warehouse on Saturday afternoon – well, seeing it via the loop in the theatre bar…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:14PMWednesday, April 27, 2016
Yesterday, I chaired an event looking at security risks currently facing Theatreland. As far as terrorism threats go, let me share some good news from our guest speaker, Rob Hoblin, a Cognit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:18PMTuesday, April 26, 2016
I shared some of my own thoughts about Jamie Lloyd‘s new production of Doctor Faustus – along with choice quotes (be they care of Christopher Marlowe or Colin Teevan) – last night. Thi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:47AMMonday, April 25, 2016
The first thing you need to know about Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Doctor Faustus – apart from the fact that it stars Kit Harington (a.k.a. Jon Snow from TV’s Game of T…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:02PMSunday, April 24, 2016
Snippets of Hamlet, Henry V, As You Like It and Julius Caesar delivered by some of my favourite actors – including Alex Jennings, Michelle Terry, Ashley Zhangazha, Jamie Parker and Will Ke…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:28PMThursday, April 21, 2016
Just a fortnight ago, bets were already being placed on Glenn Close to secure the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her commanding turn as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevar…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:19AMTuesday, April 19, 2016
This past Sunday, I went on my first run for ages – and managed all of 5k. I have run a few half-marathons in fitter periods, after each of which I vowed that I would never – nev…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:42AM 
