The Choir of Man: Dedicated to the 2000 pubs closed during lockdown
The Choir of Man: Dedicated to the 2000 pubs closed during lockdown

The Choir of Man: Dedicated to the 2000 pubs closed during lockdown

By Terri Paddock|2021-11-18T10:59:55+00:0017 November 2021|Tags: Arts Theatre, Ben Norris, The Choir of Man|

Here's a sobering statistic: 2,000 pubs closed during lockdown. Lost forever. The scale of that loss really struck me when I heard performer and (brilliant) poet Ben Norris recite it during The Choir of Man at the Arts Theatre. And, in fact, it's likely an underestimate.

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Six Q&A video and photos: Which other historic female figures should get the musical treatment?
Six Q&A video and photos: Which other historic female figures should get the musical treatment?

Six Q&A video and photos: Which other historic female figures should get the musical treatment?

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T22:04:19+00:0012 September 2018|Tags: Alexia McIntosh, Arts Theatre, Grace Mouat, Jarneia Richard-Noel, Katy Richardson, Lucy Moss, Maiya Quansah-Breed, Marlow & Moss, Millie O'Connell, Natalie Paris, Post-show Q&As, Six, Six The Musical, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, Toby Marlow|

Adrenaline still pumping as I type this! SIX The Musical was the undisputed hit of this year's Edinburgh Fringe and it's now transferred back to the West End's Arts Theatre for an extended run.

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Knights of the Rose Q&A video and photos: Defining the new ‘rockspeare’ genre and celebrating understudies (sort of)
Knights of the Rose Q&A video and photos: Defining the new ‘rockspeare’ genre and celebrating understudies (sort of)

Knights of the Rose Q&A video and photos: Defining the new ‘rockspeare’ genre and celebrating understudies (sort of)

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T22:26:02+00:0027 July 2018|Tags: Arts Theatre, Chris Cowley, Jennifer Caldwell, Knights of the Rose, Oliver Savile, Post-show Q&As, Racky Plews, Terri Paddock events|

Wednesday afternoon, Jennifer Caldwell was working in the box office at the Arts Theatre. That night, with less than three hours' rehearsal, she was onstage playing one of the female leads.

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Q&A video and photos: Bringing Beckett’s Waiting for Godot home after 62 years
Q&A video and photos: Bringing Beckett’s Waiting for Godot home after 62 years

Q&A video and photos: Bringing Beckett’s Waiting for Godot home after 62 years

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T15:58:29+00:007 September 2017|Tags: Arts Theatre, Nick Devlin, Patrick O'Donnell, Paul Elliot, Paul Kealyn, Peter Hall, Peter Reid, Post-show Q&As, Q&As, Samuel Beckett, Terri Paddock events, Waiting for Godot|

I had my own Godotesque moment to start last night's Waiting for Godot Q&A. The stage was bare. Where were the chairs? Was anyone bringing chairs? How long would we be waiting for chairs? Did such things as chairs exist?

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Q&A podcast and photos: What would Lucille Ball think of I Loved Lucy?
Q&A podcast and photos: What would Lucille Ball think of I Loved Lucy?

Q&A podcast and photos: What would Lucille Ball think of I Loved Lucy?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T17:26:28+00:0027 July 2017|Tags: Anthony Biggs, Arts Theatre, Gregor Donnelly, I Loved Lucy, Jermyn Street Theatre, Lee Tannen, Lucille Ball, Matthew Scott, Post-show Q&As, Sandra Dickinson, Terri Paddock events|

It's always a real privilege to have the playwright involved when you're chairing a post-show Q&A. But when the play is also based on the playwright's own best-selling memoir... When the memoir recounts his relationship with a legend like Lucille Ball... Well, that's extra special.

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Q&A podcast and photos: The latest in Rotterdam’s extraordinary trans journey
Q&A podcast and photos: The latest in Rotterdam’s extraordinary trans journey

Q&A podcast and photos: The latest in Rotterdam’s extraordinary trans journey

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T17:57:39+00:0029 June 2017|Tags: Alice McCarthy, Anna Martine, Arts Theatre, Brian Hook, Donnacadh O’Briain, Ed Eales-White, Ed Zephyr, Ellie Morris, Gendered Intelligence, Hartshorn-Hook Produc, Jon Brittain, Olivier Awards, Post-show Q&As, Pride, Q&As, Rotterdam, Terri Paddock events|

Just 11 months after I chaired my first post-show talk for Jon Brittain's Rotterdam - then at Trafalgar Studios for its West End premiere - and so much has changed. The play went on to win an Olivier Award and transfer to New York before now returning for its second West End run.

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Photos and podcast: Peter Tatchell and the real-life Nazi war crimes behind Savage
Photos and podcast: Peter Tatchell and the real-life Nazi war crimes behind Savage

Photos and podcast: Peter Tatchell and the real-life Nazi war crimes behind Savage

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-28T22:28:57+00:007 July 2016|Tags: Andrea Leoncini, Arts Theatre, Bradley Clarkson, Claudio Macor, Gary Fannin, Lee Knight, Nic Kyle, Peter Tatchell, Post-show Q&As, Q&As, Savage, Terri Paddock events|

Most theatregoers will have only learned about Carl Peter Værnet from watching Claudio Macor's new play Savage, now running upstairs at the Arts Theatre. But the Nazi doctor from Denmark has played a large role in the life of LGBTI activist Peter Tatchell for decades.

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