Archive Theatre Review • THE HISTORY OF THE TROUBLES (accordin’ to My Da) • Tricycle Theatre • 2003 #Repost
First posted here on 26-04-13 Sometimes new plays have a knack of coming along at just the right time. This new play from Belfast is a real shot in the … Continue reading
Archive Interview • Hugh Bonneville • 2004
FROM THE ARCHIVE Hugh Bonneville is not only a sublime actor but a charming and erudite chap with a fine line in drollery. He sounds a little wary at the start … Continue reading
Quotes • Joan Littlewood | Rogues & Vagabonds
FROM THE ARCHIVE 15th February 2013 ‘With her gap-toothed grin and deep-set eyes, croaky-voiced and always with some sort of cap or bobble hat on her head, she resembled a … Continue reading
Theatre Review: The Little Prince | crafty theatre
If you have ever created theatre for little kids you know that there are no rhetorical questions in the theatre. Throw a question at a very young child and it … Continue reading
On this day… Scottish Opera Singer Mary Gordon
World-renowned Scottish opera singer Mary Garden poses in costume as Méĺisande in Debussy’s Pelléas et Méĺisande. 4th April,1908. Source: On this day…
Shirley Graham Du Bois – Political Activist, Composer, Playwright, and Author
I wrote a short piece for the Facebook page last week on Shirley Graham Du Bois, but feel that this remarkable woman deserves more attention. Not only was she a … Continue reading
Singer, Actress, Teacher and Author Anne Johnston-Brown Q&A @AJohnstonbrown
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
RW: Anne, Fitness Video Queen, Vocal Diva, Comedic Legend and author. Is there anything you can’t do? ANNE: Haha. Well, Diva maybe… but Legend?…
Archive Theatre Review • DOUBT: A PARABLE • Tricycle Theatre • 2007
Certainty can be a dangerous thing. Think of all those people you know who have never had any doubt they are right. And then think of the damage they can do. Mind … Continue reading
First Night Design | Joseph Grimaldi, Clown 1778–1837
Originally posted on First Night Design:
Joseph Grimaldi, Clown 1778-1837 Prints © First Night Vintage A story is told that in 1806 a man goes to visit a doctor who…
Susan Harrison – The Useful Agony Of Doing New Material
The Useful Agony Of Doing New Material Going out on stage with new material, some of which you know is destined to fail, is a difficult thing to do. I … Continue reading
Archive Interview • Stephen Unwin • English Touring Theatre • 2003
The Play as Written Stephen Unwin is energized by the unexpected panic of rehearsing an understudy for Juliet in his latest touring production of Romeo and Juliet. Due to open at the Oxford … Continue reading
Quotes • Eileen Atkins
“I’ve become better at quelling my anger.” via Eileen Atkins: ‘I’ve become better at quelling my anger’ | Life and style | The Observer “And I still can’t bear people stroking … Continue reading
The 2013 Whingie Awards – the very worst and the not so bad
Originally posted on A West End Whinger:
A bit late getting around to this. But since it’s probably your first day back at work, let’s face it you’re not really…
Quote • James McAvoy • Theatre Matters
“Theatre matters because it’s part of our DNA. We’ve been telling stories since the dawn of time. We will always have a guy or a lady standing in front of … Continue reading
Archive Theatre Review • TINTIN • Playhouse Theatre • 2007
The Playhouse Theatre is the venue for the brief return of the intrepid boy reporter and his dog Snowy in this lauded production, directed by Rufus Norris and adapted by David Greig … Continue reading
Archive Theatre Review • DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE • Tricycle Theatre • 2008
Iraq is fast becoming a tool of preference for writers who cannot resist joining the crowds to sound off their support or condemnation of the war. With the five-year anniversary … Continue reading
Quote • John Gielgud • Benjamin Britten
John Gielgud directed Benjamin Britten’s opera of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1961. During rehearsals he was heard to shout, “Will someone turn off that damn music.” Courtesy of Simon Trowbridge, author … Continue reading
Archive Theatre Review • CORIOLANUS • RSC @ The Old Vic • 2003
Japan in the early twentieth century — a turbulent place of military incursions and unstable social order. A state of transition exists as the power is shifted from the ruling élite to … Continue reading
Archive Theatre Review • THE HISTORY OF THE TROUBLES (accordin’ to My Da) • Tricycle Theatre • 2003
Sometimes new plays have a knack of coming along at just the right time. This new play from Belfast is a real shot in the arm for the peace process. … Continue reading
Quotes • Ian McKellen on Corin Redgrave
Corin Redgrave (1913 – 1991) ‘Corin was a clear-sighted director of actors and disciplined, with brilliant theatrical insights. One of his notes, I’ve applied in every part since: “Only ever pause before … Continue reading
Theatre Matters
Theatre Matters. Your theatre matters. Keep Theatre alive by supporting the My Theatre Matters campaign. Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter Related articles We all need to make the case … Continue reading
Ellen Terry as Volumnia
Dame Ellen Terry as Volumnia in Coriolanus Card This signed photograph of Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Volumnia in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is a treasured possession, left to me by the actress Rosamund Burne [? – 1975]. Ros was a … Continue reading
Archive Interview • Patrick Spottiswoode • Shakespeare’s Globe • 2003
Patrick Spottiswoode has one of those infectious personalities, an evangelical fervour for his project, an intelligent, insightful and determined advocate of the facilities that make up the Globe Theatre in … Continue reading
Archive Theatre Review • HITCHCOCK BLONDE • Lyric Theatre • 2003
Terry Johnson has had phenomenal success dealing with some of the great icons of the twentieth century. From putting Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein in a room together to dissecting … Continue reading
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Archive Interview • Hugh Bonneville • 2004
Hugh Bonneville is not only a sublime actor but a charming and erudite chap with a fine line in drollery. He sounds a little wary at the start of our telephone … Continue reading
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Archive Theatre Review • BRAND • RSC • Theatre Royal Haymarket • 2003
Ralph Fiennes does a great line in tortured souls: pondering the pointlessness of existence as Ivanov at The Almeida a couple of years ago, his brow equally furrowed as the ruthless concentration … Continue reading
Quotes • Joan Littlewood
‘With her gap-toothed grin and deep-set eyes, croaky-voiced and always with some sort of cap or bobble hat on her head, she resembled a cross between a Tartar warrior and … Continue reading
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