Life of Pi: Breathtaking puppetry and philosophy create stage magic
Life of Pi: Breathtaking puppetry and philosophy create stage magic

Life of Pi: Breathtaking puppetry and philosophy create stage magic

By Terri Paddock|2022-12-30T20:03:21+00:0022 December 2022|Tags: Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti, Max Webster, Puppetry, West End|

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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Sinners post-show video and photos: Why did Brian Cox want to direct a play about stoning women?
Sinners post-show video and photos: Why did Brian Cox want to direct a play about stoning women?

Sinners post-show video and photos: Why did Brian Cox want to direct a play about stoning women?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-04T11:31:58+00:001 March 2020|Tags: Brian Cox, Joshua Sobol, New writing, Nicole Ansari, Playground Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Sinners, Terri Paddock events|

I saw Brian Cox and his wife Nicole Ansari acting alongside one another in the premiere of Tom Stoppard's 2006 play Rock 'n' Roll. It was wonderful to talk to them about working together onstage again in a very different capacity of a very different play.

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Some Mothers’ Do ‘Ave ‘Em video interview: Was Joe Pasquale made to play Frank Spencer?
Some Mothers’ Do ‘Ave ‘Em video interview: Was Joe Pasquale made to play Frank Spencer?

Some Mothers’ Do ‘Ave ‘Em video interview: Was Joe Pasquale made to play Frank Spencer?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-02T00:19:34+00:0029 February 2020|Tags: Churchill Theatre, Guy Unsworth, Terri trips, Touring|

I laughed my head off watching Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, and afterwards, got onto the wonderfully kitsch 1970s set myself to interview stars Joe Pasquale and Sarah Earnshaw and writer-director Guy Unsworth.

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Once The Musical post-show video and photos: Do you believe in destiny?
Once The Musical post-show video and photos: Do you believe in destiny?

Once The Musical post-show video and photos: Do you believe in destiny?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-01T18:14:06+00:0013 February 2020|Tags: Dan Healy, Emma Lucia, Once, Post-show Q&As, Terri Paddock events, Touring|

I first fell in love with Once after seeing the original 2007 independent Irish film. Then again when I the Tony Award-winning musical adaptation had its West End premiere in 2013. And now again on the musical's first major UK tour.

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Chaplin post-show video and photos: What led to the birth of the Little Tramp?
Chaplin post-show video and photos: What led to the birth of the Little Tramp?

Chaplin post-show video and photos: What led to the birth of the Little Tramp?

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-21T19:28:12+00:008 February 2020|Tags: Arrows & Traps, Chaplin, Post-show Q&As, Ross McGregor, Terri Paddock events|

Have you ever seen Charlie Chaplin's classic film The Great Dictator? Eighty years after it was released, it feels terrifyingly current. We get a glimpse of why with the inclusion of its final speech in Arrows & Traps' latest offering.

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Post-show video and photos: Jason Manford on why Kander & Ebb’s Curtains is made for the West End
Post-show video and photos: Jason Manford on why Kander & Ebb’s Curtains is made for the West End

Post-show video and photos: Jason Manford on why Kander & Ebb’s Curtains is made for the West End

By Terri Paddock|2021-01-05T07:07:00+00:0016 December 2019|Tags: Alan Burkitt, Andy Coxon, Carley Stenson, Jason Manford, Post-show Q&As, Rebecca Lock, Samuel Holmes, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events|

Curtains, the murder mystery musical comedy by Chicago and Cabaret creators Kander & Ebb, had its Broadway premiere in 2007 in a production starring Frasier's David Hyde Pierce. Why has it taken so long for it to at last receive its West End premiere? And why is it so very perfect for the West End?

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The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Q&A video and photos: From UK-wide tour to the West End with a new cast
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Q&A video and photos: From UK-wide tour to the West End with a new cast

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Q&A video and photos: From UK-wide tour to the West End with a new cast

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T16:02:01+00:0020 September 2019|Tags: #MischiefTalks, Criterion Theatre, Groan Ups, Mischief Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Terri Paddock events, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, The Play That Goes Wrong|

What fun to return to the Criterion Theatre to see a brand-new cast put their stamp on Mischief Theatre's The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, as the first in a series of monthly post-show Q&As with the comic geniuses.

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Q&A video and photos: How does the musical of Cabaret differ from the film?
Q&A video and photos: How does the musical of Cabaret differ from the film?

Q&A video and photos: How does the musical of Cabaret differ from the film?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T21:38:16+00:0030 August 2019|Tags: Anita Harris, Bill Kenwright Productions, Cabaret, John Partridge, Kara Lily Hayworth, Musicals, Post-show Q&As, Rufus Norris, Terri Paddock events, Tim Welton|

I've seen Rufus Norris' multi-award-winning revival of Kander & Ebb's Broadway musical classic Cabaret twice before in the West End, when it first opened in 2006 and when it returned in 2010. It now kicks off a brand-new tour and it's more powerful than ever.

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Q&A video and photos: Discussing Paula Hawkins’ hit thriller The Girl on the Train with Samantha Womack and cast
Q&A video and photos: Discussing Paula Hawkins’ hit thriller The Girl on the Train with Samantha Womack and cast

Q&A video and photos: Discussing Paula Hawkins’ hit thriller The Girl on the Train with Samantha Womack and cast

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T21:36:33+00:002 August 2019|Tags: Alex Ferns, Anthony Banks, Marc Elliott, Mark Concannon, Paula Hawkins, Philip McGinley, Philippa Flynn, Post-show Q&As, Post-show talks, Samantha Womack, Terri Paddock events, The Girl on the Train|

What is it about a great whodunnit thriller? What makes us keep turning the page? How does that inquisitive excitement translate onstage?

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The Ministry of Biscuits Q&A video and photos: Sharing biscuits and a love of G&S with Philip Reeve and co
The Ministry of Biscuits Q&A video and photos: Sharing biscuits and a love of G&S with Philip Reeve and co

The Ministry of Biscuits Q&A video and photos: Sharing biscuits and a love of G&S with Philip Reeve and co

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T00:50:48+00:001 February 2019|Tags: Amy Sutton, Barons Court Theatre, Brian Mitchell, David Mounfield, Murray Simon, Philip Reeve, Post-show Q&As, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, The Foundry Group, The Ministry of Biscuits|

Charming, delectable, delicious. And those are just the custard creams... It's not often I get offered biscuits at the post-show Q&As I chair, but at a show called The Ministry of Biscuits, it would have seemed remiss not to.

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