588 stories from Terri Paddock
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…
Celebrity 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…
Did you know that Sideways was an unpublished novel – rejected, like the efforts of the character Miles in the story, some 66 times – when the film rights were first picked up?Â…
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 part…
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 Times…
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 the…
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 pie…
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 cult cl…
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…
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…
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…
I recently wrote about super-hot French playwright Florian Zeller's London hat trick " with The Father, The Mother and, still running at the Menier Chocolate Factory, The Truth. As I sat dow…
This time last week I was coming down from the buzz of BEAM:2016. Today, as was re-reading my notes and other people's write-ups for this blog, I got news on casting for The Toxic Avenger, s…
My partner Peter and I spent most of this weekend in a frenzy of DIY-ing and de-cluttering, with an emphasis on the latter. We live in a small two-bedroom flat near Waterloo and, in a matter…
I have all sorts of bias when it comes to Bar Mitzvah Boy: my friend Lara Stubbs stars (as the somewhat spoilt, Jewish princess older sister of bar-mitzvahed boy in question); the show is di…
Yes, I am posting this #PressPass at gone 4am – blame those incessant Motown hits that keep spinning round and round and round my head after attending tonight’s (technically, now…
I gave Mrs Henderson Presents a very enthusiastic response at the curtain call of last night’s West End premiere – so enthusiastic that, as I tweeted at the time, I dented my rin…
The poster of Nell Gwynn shows a saucy, bare-shouldered Gemma Arterton and promises “fun, funny and joyous… a cast of 20! and a band… naughty songs… merry dances. And…
Near the end of an interview Matthew Perry gave with The Times last weekend, the interviewer Sarfraz Manzoor commented "having made so many people so happy it feels only right to wish some h…
Is Florian Zeller the new Yasmina Reza? Certainly, he’s the most successful French playwright to hit English shores since Reza, whose 1990s hits – Life x 3, The Unexpected Man an…
Here are a few more plays that I’ve seen recently and can happily recommend. As usual, I’ve listed them in closing order – and two of them finish their London runs this wee…
My partner and I saw, and were deeply moved by, The Pianist of Willesden Lane when it had its London premiere at the St James Theatre last Friday. The play is based on the book The Childr…
I’m well overdue for a theatre diary, aren’t I? So here goes with another one on more new plays I’ve seen in recent (and not-so recent) weeks that I’d recommend catch…
You don’t need me to tell you that Alan Rickman passed away last week, or how shocking and unexpected his death from cancer was at the age of 69, just days after his contemporary David…
The American writers of Grey Gardens are clearly delighted with the European premiere production of their musical (See Also my #PressPass round-up), now being staged at London’s Sou…
