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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Sex With a Stranger – review by Tom Lamont

Trafalgar Studios 2, LondonA Saturday-night pull is the starting point for Stefan Golaszewski's new play, bleakly funny business when presented as forensically as this: a Lynx Africa-scented…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, September 17, 2011

this is where we got to when you came in – review by Tom Lamont

Bush theatre, LondonAfter 39 years above a pub on Shepherd's Bush Green, the famously compact Bush theatre is moving to a bigger building around the corner ("We'll have a real stage door!" I…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31PM
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Marc Warren: 'I hope I'm not sick in front of an audience' by Tom Lamont

The Hustle star explains why being cast as Cool Hand Luke plays havoc with your dietAfter a week rehearsing a new stage version of Cool Hand Luke, Marc Warren has today eaten his first hard-…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10PM
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Best of the fringe: our alternative awards by Tom Lamont

From the best double acts to shows that would grace HBO, we pick the highlights of 2011The 2011 Edinburgh fringe is 16 days old. By now, performers will have snatches of dialogue ingrained s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Tom Rosenthal: 'I'm quite sort of talented' by Tom Lamont

How is Tom Rosenthal planning to make punters laugh? With stories about his brilliance at egg and spoons races'Was I funny?" asks Tom Rosenthal, as we walk out of the London pub where w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PM
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Tom Lamont's Edinburgh notes by Tom Lamont

News and gossip from the festival■ Minor fringe trend of 2011: mid-show treats for the audience. At The Caroline Carter Show at Zoo Roxy, free Jack Daniel's is distributed to spectators, w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM

Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup by Tom Lamont

Tom Lamont reviews The Oh Fuck Moment, Your Last Breath, The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik, Hamlet House of Horror, A Slow Air, Dry Ice and SkittlesThe girl in the corner smashed her gran's fa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM
Monday, August 8, 2011

Festafriend's social solution by Tom Lamont

Edinburgh can be lonely without someone to talk to, or disagree with, about the shows you've seen. A new site promises to help'With so much to see," says James Baster, of the sheer volu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup by Tom Lamont

Tom Lamont reviews Dance Marathon, Sold, Release, Thirsty, Young Pretender and Translunar ParadiseMy Hawaiian hula wasn't up to scratch, I knew, even as I concentrated hard on undulating my …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM

Tom Lamont's Edinburgh notes by Tom Lamont

News and gossip from the festival■ Established performers tend to avoid handing out fliers for their own shows: a bit gauche. Nobody told Hollywood actor John Malkovich, however. "Malkatra…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PM
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Suranne Jones: 'You have to believe there is life after a soap' by Tom Lamont

Fresh from her success with Scott & Bailey, ex-Corrie star Suranne Jones looks forward to being a Top Girl in the West EndIt's been green tea, no booze and "just the odd fag" all week for Su…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, July 2, 2011

Frisky and Mannish: 'It's hard making pop music funnier than it already is' by Tom Lamont

Offbeat cabaret duo Frisky and Mannish discuss their singular act and their love of popTourists aren't sure what to make of cabaret duo Frisky and Mannish, as they totter along London's Sout…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Lullaby: the show that will put you to sleep – and then serve you breakfast by Tom Lamont

An audience nodding off en masse is the last thing most players crave. But that's what Duckie hope to achieveSending your theatre audience to sleep can't often be the artistic ideal, but the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, June 11, 2011

Alex Kingston: 'I feel quite motherly towards Matt Smith' by Tom Lamont

The actress talks about appearing on the London stage and her recurring role in Doctor WhoThat hair – you could pick Alex Kingston out of a crowd of hundreds thanks to her distinctive cres…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Tarell Alvin McCraney: 'I didn't know what "faggot" meant. I found out quickly' by Tom Lamont

Tarell Alvin McCraney's plays have seen him feted here and in America. And now he's turning his writer's eye on London lifeIn a room on the top floor of a rehearsal studio in south London, w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PM
Saturday, March 5, 2011

Olivia Williams and Matthew Fox: 'The producers took us out to dinner and watched' by Tom Lamont

The British actress and the American star of Lost prepare to play troubled siblings in a new work by Neil LaButeThe set of Neil LaBute's new play has only just been built at the Vaudeville t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Elisabeth Moss: 'We're not saving the world here' by Tom Lamont

The Mad Men star on being Peggy Olson, taking to the West End stage with Keira Knightley, and Ricky Gervais's winning ways at the Golden GlobesElisabeth Moss has her feet up. We are in …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PM
Saturday, December 4, 2010

Katherine Parkinson: 'I like stuff that's both harrowing and hilarious' by Tom Lamont

The IT Crowd star, currently tackling Ayckbourn at the National, on why good comedy needs an element of darknessThere are only so many boxy power-suits an actor can wear without itching for …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Mat Horne: 'The recovery was always going to be quite lengthy' | Interview by Tom Lamont

Mat Horne has had a rocky time since Gavin & Stacey. A bit of Chekhov will cheer him up…The story of Mat Horne's 2009 is one retold, surely, by publicists and producers pressing torches to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

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