How did Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting become a cultural phenomenon? I’m finally ready to immerse myself
How did Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting become a cultural phenomenon? I’m finally ready to immerse myself

How did Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting become a cultural phenomenon? I’m finally ready to immerse myself

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T23:40:38+00:0028 March 2018|

I first saw Harry Gibson's stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting in the 1990s when I was a recently-arrived-from-America twenty-something in London.

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WATCH show vlogs: Julius Caesar, Beginning, The Lady With a Dog and Foul Pages
WATCH show vlogs: Julius Caesar, Beginning, The Lady With a Dog and Foul Pages

WATCH show vlogs: Julius Caesar, Beginning, The Lady With a Dog and Foul Pages

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T23:49:51+00:0026 February 2018|

I've been raving about Julius Caesar to everyone over the past few weeks, and particularly the experience of seeing it in the pit of the staggeringly versatile Bridge Theatre.

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WATCH: My thoughts on Mary Stuart, Oranges & Elephants and other #TimesUp shows
WATCH: My thoughts on Mary Stuart, Oranges & Elephants and other #TimesUp shows

WATCH: My thoughts on Mary Stuart, Oranges & Elephants and other #TimesUp shows

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T23:50:47+00:0027 January 2018|

It’s natural that your reactions to shows are filtered through the prism of the current social and political climate. And savvy theatres, of course, seek to judge the mood and programme accordingly.

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History has its eyes on us all: My joy and sorrow at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton
History has its eyes on us all: My joy and sorrow at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton

History has its eyes on us all: My joy and sorrow at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-08T09:57:25+00:0023 December 2017|

The London cast of Hamilton is led by Jamael Westman and Giles Terera as

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WATCH: My thoughts on Off-West End musicals Miracle On 34th Street, The Little Match Girl, The Woman in White and Barnum
WATCH: My thoughts on Off-West End musicals Miracle On 34th Street, The Little Match Girl, The Woman in White and Barnum

WATCH: My thoughts on Off-West End musicals Miracle On 34th Street, The Little Match Girl, The Woman in White and Barnum

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T23:50:27+00:0020 December 2017|

Does this count as a vlogmas? Probably not, but here's my attempt at a theatre diary vlog in any case, which includes two Christmas shows!

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Acts of theatre resistance: Insignificance, The Lorax, Young Marx, Imagine This, Bernarda Alba
Acts of theatre resistance: Insignificance, The Lorax, Young Marx, Imagine This, Bernarda Alba

Acts of theatre resistance: Insignificance, The Lorax, Young Marx, Imagine This, Bernarda Alba

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:44:13+00:007 November 2017|

Clockwise from top left: Young Marx, The House of Bernarda Alba, Insignificance, Imagine This

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Plays diary: Heisenberg, 31 Hours, All the Little Lights
Plays diary: Heisenberg, 31 Hours, All the Little Lights

Plays diary: Heisenberg, 31 Hours, All the Little Lights

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:44:29+00:0023 October 2017|

Clockwise from top left: 31 Hours, Heisenberg and All the Little Lights. I

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Musicals diary: Hair, Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein
Musicals diary: Hair, Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein

Musicals diary: Hair, Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:44:38+00:0023 October 2017|

Clockwise from top: Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein and Hair. In the

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Plays diary: What Shadows, Ink, The Unknown Island, Lucy Light, The Swallow
Plays diary: What Shadows, Ink, The Unknown Island, Lucy Light, The Swallow

Plays diary: What Shadows, Ink, The Unknown Island, Lucy Light, The Swallow

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-08T09:56:48+00:005 October 2017|

Clockwise from top left: What Shadows, Lucy Light, The Swallow, Ink and The Unknown

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Eye on the National: All the 2018 #NTNews announcements & reactions
Eye on the National: All the 2018 #NTNews announcements & reactions

Eye on the National: All the 2018 #NTNews announcements & reactions

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:44:52+00:003 October 2017|

If, like me, you're stuck at your desk today and can't follow the National Theatre 2018 season press briefing quite as closely as you'd like to, I've rounded up all today's key announcements and reactions for you here.

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