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A Tailor for Ladies post-show video and photos: Are we excluding non-British talent?

By |2023-03-30T12:03:22+01:0013 March 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

If you think the life of a jobbing actor is hard and full of rejection - and it is - spare a thought for non-British actors trying to make their way in London theatre who may not even make it to audition stage purely because of their nationality or accent.
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Winner’s Curse post-show video and photos: The art of negotiation with Clive Anderson

By |2023-03-01T19:21:44+00:0022 February 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Negotiations seem to be in the news every day - which makes Winner's Curse, conceived by former diplomat and veteran of countless Middle East negotiations Daniel Taub, a highly topical piece. It's co-written by Dan Patterson and stars his long-time collaborator Clive Anderson.
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One Who Wants to Cross post-show video and photos: How is the truth about migrants misrepresented?

By |2023-02-22T15:34:42+00:009 February 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

A note in the programme for One Who Wants to Cross cites a sobering statistic: according to the 2020 IOM World Migration Report, the number of international migrants, as of June 2019, had reached almost 272 million.
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Hamlet post-show video and photos: What happens when you get rid of the adults?

By |2023-10-12T00:41:23+01:0027 January 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

How central are Gertrude, Claudius and Polonius to the story of Hamlet? If you remove those adult characters and the scenes that revolve around them, what are you left with?
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Life of Pi: Breathtaking puppetry and philosophy create stage magic

By |2022-12-30T20:03:21+00:0022 December 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Not long left to catch Life of Pi in the West End. If you possibly can, I recommend you beg, borrow or steal to get one of the last remaining tickets – or plan ahead now for the five-time Olivier Award-winning play’s 2023/24 tour.
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Wickies post-show video and photos: What happened to three vanished lighthouse keepers?

By |2023-01-29T17:23:02+00:0015 December 2022|Tags: , , , , , , |

One hundred and twenty-two years ago tonight, on 15 December 2000, three lighthouse keepers disappeared on the island of Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides. What happened to them?
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Triggered post-show video and photos: Spotlight on the human side of party politics

By |2022-12-15T20:28:58+00:0024 November 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

One of the few things I enjoy even more than theatre is talking politics. Chairing a post-show discussion about a brilliant new political play, written and directed by a Westminster insider, is my idea of bliss.
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A Single Man post-show video and photos: Can you die of a broken heart?

By |2023-02-27T12:08:08+00:0027 October 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Cinemagoers know A Single Man from the 2009 film starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Troupe Theatre's new adaptation strips the story back to its essence and the beautiful language of Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel.
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Doctor Faustus post-show video and photos: What would make you sell your soul to the devil?

By |2022-11-24T23:02:21+00:0015 September 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

What might entice you to sell your soul to the devil? Fame? Riches? Immortality? World peace? A rent-free London flat? Four pints of Guinness? At my post-show Q&A for a production of Doctor Faustus, that was an irresistible question to pose to the company.
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Flashbang post-show video and photos: Celebrating life in the wake of shock and tragedy

By |2022-09-16T11:09:13+01:009 September 2022|Tags: , , , , , , |

The death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced just before my arrival at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre. Like the rest of the country, the theatre staff had been braced for the sad news. So the world premiere of Proforca's Flashbang was preceded by a public address and collective silence.
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