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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Qdos’ Jon Conway on his arena Peter Pan: ‘You don’t have to spend big. You have to think big’ by Tim Bano

With a capacity of 4,000, a computer-generated Neverland and a pirate ship bigger than a double-decker bus, the ‘world’s biggest panto’ is

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Darlington Hippodrome reopens after £13.7m revamp by Tim Bano

Darlington Hippodrome has reopened to the public after a £13.7m restoration project. The theatre, which has been dark for 18 months, was

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Bridge Theatre cancels Young Marx performance due to technical difficulties with stage revolve by Tim Bano

Last night’s performance of Young Marx at the new Bridge Theatre in London was cancelled at the interval after technical difficulties. According

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Rural touring dance scheme extends after landing £500k Arts Council boost by Tim Bano

The scheme set up to bring the “most exciting contemporary dancers” to rural areas around the UK is to extend its work

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Last-ditch attempt fails to save Scarborough’s Futurist Theatre from demolition by Tim Bano

The long-running campaign to save Scarborough’s Futurist Theatre has failed, after Scarborough Borough Council announced that the demolition of the theatre was

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Phoenix Rising review at Smithfield Car Park, London – ‘powerful promenade piece’ by Tim Bano

Four years ago director Maggie Norris launched the Big House, a charity using drama to work with people who had left the

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Big Fish the Musical starring Kelsey Grammer – review at the Other Palace, London by Tim Bano

The casting of Kelsey Grammer in Big Fish, a slight musical about tall tales, is quite a coup for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Mother Courage and Her Children review at Southwark Playhouse, London – ‘an ordeal’ by Tim Bano

Bertolt Brecht’s 1939 play has been called the best play of the 20th century. That’s not immediately evident in this production, which

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Taylor Mac and Enda Walsh to feature in Barbican 2018 programme by Tim Bano

Performance artist Taylor Mac and a new opera by playwright Enda Walsh feature as part of the Barbican’s 2018 theatre and dance

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Suzy Storck review at the Gate Theatre, London – ‘electrifying’ by Tim Bano

In her lacerating, latter-day Greek tragedy, French writer Magali Mougel takes Yerma, holds it up to a mirror and shows us its

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Review: Young Marx at Bridge Theatre by Tim Bano

First farce, then tragedy: Tim Bano on Richard Bean's knockabout capitalism comedy. The post Review: Young Marx at Bridge Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Insignificance review at Arcola Theatre, London – ‘a timely revival’ by Tim Bano

The case for a revival of Terry Johnson’s flight of fancy on the nature of fame is clear. More so than in

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Monday, October 23, 2017

Anything That Flies review at Jermyn Street Theatre, London – ‘exposition-heavy’ by Tim Bano

Director Alice Hamilton brings her characteristic light touch to this debut play by novelist Judith Burnley. Hamilton’s previous work has embraced stillness,

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Tracy Brabin: ‘I’ve had an amazing career – it’s a gift to get to have another one’ by Tim Bano

Real-life tragedy in Tracy Brabin’s hometown catapulted the former theatre and TV actor into the political spotlight. A year after she was

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

The Seagull review at Lyric Hammersmith, London – ‘a manifesto’ by Tim Bano

It’s been a busy week for Simon Stephens with a show opening in the West End and now this new Chekhov adaptation

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Hansel and Gretel review at V&A Museum of Childhood – ‘resourceful, accessible opera’ by Tim Bano

Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel is full of catchy ditties and an easy-to-follow plot. It’s already one of the most accessible operas

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Spektrix: Meet the innovators spearheading the ticketing tech revolution by Tim Bano

When two theatre-lovers set up a cloud-based ticketing platform 10 years ago, most venues were using outdated box-office technology. Tim Bano investigates

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Victory Condition review at Royal Court, London – ‘unsettling and beautiful’ by Tim Bano

Chris Thorpe is one of the sharpest philosophers and most beautiful poets in playwriting today. In Victory Condition those two talents meet,

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Labour of Love review at the Noel Coward Theatre, London – ‘light, political and nostalgic’ by Tim Bano

Few living playwrights get to see two of their new plays run concurrently in the West End. Fewer still can boast a

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Jane Eyre review at Lyttelton, National Theatre, London – ‘very decent production’ by Tim Bano

Three years ago, when this adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s novel premiered in Bristol before transferring to the National, it stood on a

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Monday, September 25, 2017

Ramona Tells Jim review at Bush Theatre, London – ‘comic clarity’ by Tim Bano

Sophie Wu’s second play, Ramona Tells Jim, contrasts adolescent coming of age with what comes after the end of adolescence. In 1998,

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

35mm: A Musical Exhibition review at the Other Palace, London – ‘a hit and miss musical’ by Tim Bano

The concept behind Ryan Scott Oliver’s song cycle – 15 songs based on 15 photographs – is that each picture captures a

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The Unknown Island review at the Gate Theatre, London – ‘playful and profound’ by Tim Bano

Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago hides a great deal of wisdom and complexity behind the simplicity of his short story, The Unknown Island.

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Woyzeck in Winter review at Barbican, London – ‘intriguingly strange’ by Tim Bano

Georg Buchner’s unfinished 1836 play is one of bizarre, staccato episodes – like the army captain mocking foot soldier Woyzeck for his

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Actor and singer Rachel Lumberg: ‘I left drama school to do a show with Colin Firth and Minnie Driver’ by Tim Bano

After working with writer Tim Firth on several shows, including Calendar Girls, Rachel Lumberg is now playing the lead part in Take

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Follies review at the National Theatre, London – ‘not just triumphant, but transcendent’ by Tim Bano

Regularly topping lists of all-time best shows, Stephen Sondheim’s 1971 musical has spawned some of the composer’s biggest hits, songs employed with

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Artist and producer Shabnam Shabazi: ‘I was a political refugee from Iran, so I had a lot of stories’ by Tim Bano

After working as a director with Max Stafford-Clark and Ian Rickson, Shabnam Shabazi began to move into live art, creating a series of

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Monday, September 4, 2017

Ben Forster to host The Stage Debut Awards 2017 by Tim Bano

Ben Forster has been announced as the host of The Stage Debut Awards 2017. The actor and singer is playing the lead

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Friday, September 1, 2017

Sarah Lancashire pulls out of James Graham’s Labour of Love by Tim Bano

Sarah Lancashire has pulled out of the world premiere of James Graham’s Labour of Love “on doctor’s advice”. She will be replaced

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Douglas Henshall joins cast of Network at National Theatre by Tim Bano

Douglas Henshall will join the cast of Network at the National Theatre. He plays Max Schumacher in the production, alongside previously announced

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Suranne Jones and Jason Watkins to star in revival of serial killer play by Tim Bano

Suranne Jones and Jason Watkins are to star in a revival of Bryony Lavery’s play Frozen. The psychological thriller, which runs at

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