Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million
Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million

Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million

By Terri Paddock|2021-11-07T09:58:33+00:0029 October 2021|Tags: Ako Mitchell, Charlotte Westenra, Connor Going, Dylan Schlosberg, Indecent Proposal, Jacqui Dankworth, John Reddel, Lizzy Connolly, Michael Conley, Neil Marcus, New musicals, Norman Bowman, Screen-to-stage|

The big moral question at the heart of Indecent Proposal is: what are you willing to do for $1 million? More specifically: would you have sex for a stranger if they paid you $1 million?

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Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-02T17:33:28+01:0028 October 2021|Tags: Indecent Proposal, Musicals, New musicals, Southwark Playhouse|

Nineties gender-politics thriller Indecent Proposal gets a modern #MeToo makeover in a brand-new British musical - with book and lyrics by Michael Conley, music by Dylan Schlosberg - at London's Southwark Playhouse.

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The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history
The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-02T14:46:05+01:0030 September 2021|Tags: Above the Stag Theatre, Charles Miller, Fenton Gray, Glenn Chandler, Kids Play, New musicals, The Good Scout, The Pleasure Garden|

Apart from it being a charming public park and one of my dog's favourite destinations for our daily walks, I have always been fascinated by history of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, near my home in south London.

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Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts
Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts

Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts

By Terri Paddock|2021-06-02T11:30:53+01:0016 February 2021|Tags: CASES, New musicals, New writing, The Other Palace, Zoom Q&As|

In April 2020, I was due to chair a post-show Q&A at The Other Palace for new British musical CASES. Of course, that run was cancelled due to Covid, but when composer-lyricist Dominic Powell decided to give CASES a new lease of life by recording a studio album, he asked me back to chair a discussion via Zoom.

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Indecent Proposal (postponed)
Indecent Proposal (postponed)

Indecent Proposal (postponed)

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:20:48+00:0015 June 2020|Tags: Indecent Proposal, New musicals, Southwark Playhouse, StageFaves|

Nineties gender-politics thriller Indecent Proposal gets a modern #MeToo makeover in a brand-new British musical - with book and lyrics by Michael Conley, music by Dylan Schlosberg - at London's Southwark Playhouse in June.

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Fanatical Q&A video and photos: How & when did sci-fi geekery became so cool?
Fanatical Q&A video and photos: How & when did sci-fi geekery became so cool?

Fanatical Q&A video and photos: How & when did sci-fi geekery became so cool?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T22:11:08+00:0021 November 2018|Tags: Fanatical, Grace Taylor, Matt Board, Neil Marcus, New musicals, Perry O'Bree, PJ McEvoy, Playground Theatre, Reina Hardy, Sophie Powles, StageFaves, Stephen Frost, Suanne Braun, Terri Paddock events, The Stable|

One of my favourite reviews of Fanatical, the new British musical currently receiving its world premiere season at London's Playground Theatre, opines: "It will remind you why you love whatever it is that you're a fan of".

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Midnight Q&A video and photos: What would you do if the secret police knocked on your door?
Midnight Q&A video and photos: What would you do if the secret police knocked on your door?

Midnight Q&A video and photos: What would you do if the secret police knocked on your door?

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T21:50:56+00:0021 September 2018|Tags: Chris Cuming, Debunk Theatre, Fridthjofur Thorsteinsson, Kate Golledge, Laurence Mark Wythe, Midnight, New musicals, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, Timothy Knapman|

So often with the news these days, parallels are drawn with our turbulent political times and the fascism that swept across Europe in the 1930s, and the question is asked: what would you do if...?

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Unexpected Joy Q&A video and photos: How can we find common ground through musical theatre?
Unexpected Joy Q&A video and photos: How can we find common ground through musical theatre?

Unexpected Joy Q&A video and photos: How can we find common ground through musical theatre?

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T21:57:11+00:0014 September 2018|Tags: Amy Anders Corcoran, Aria Entertainment, From Page to Stage, Gareth Bretherton, Janet Fullerlove, Jodie Jacobs, Katy Lipson, Kelly Sweeney, Melanie Marshall, New musicals, Post-show Q&As, Six, Southwark Playhouse, Terri Paddock events, Unexpected Joy|

Can musical theatre help us find common ground with those with whom we disagree? If so, Unexpected Joy is undoubtedly the musical to do it.

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It Happened in Key West Q&A video and photos: But did it ACTUALLY happen? (Yes)
It Happened in Key West Q&A video and photos: But did it ACTUALLY happen? (Yes)

It Happened in Key West Q&A video and photos: But did it ACTUALLY happen? (Yes)

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T22:34:48+00:0012 July 2018|Tags: Alyssa Martyn, Charing Cross Theatre, Featured Show, It Happened in Key West, Jeremiah James, Jill Santoriello, Marylou Rothfuss, New musicals, Post-show Q&As, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, Wade McCollum|

Andrew Lloyd Webber came up twice in conversation at last night's post-show for It Happened in Key West. The second pertained to the title of the show when, many years ago, Jeremiah James was first inspired by a late-night television documentary about Carl von Cosel.

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From Page to Stage Q&A podcast and photos: How is the international scene changing for new musicals?
From Page to Stage Q&A podcast and photos: How is the international scene changing for new musicals?

From Page to Stage Q&A podcast and photos: How is the international scene changing for new musicals?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T17:00:35+00:0015 August 2017|Tags: Amy Anders Corcoran, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aria Entertainment, Chicken Little, From Page to Stage, Katy Lipson, New musicals, Paul Taylor Mills, T Rob Brown, Terri Paddock events, The Other Palace, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Wolfgang Adenberg|

Two years ago, I chaired the opening night discussion at the third annual From Page to Stage festival of new musicals founded by Aria Entertainment's Katy Lipson. The central question on that occasion was "are we doing enough to nurture new musicals?" And the central answer was no.

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