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My top #theatre2016 plays, musicals & performances

By |2020-03-27T12:50:34+00:0029 December 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Ahead of rounding up various publications #theatre2016 highlights, I’m taking a moment to reflect on

Photos and podcast: Nearly 300 years on, why does The Beggar’s Opera still resonate?

By |2020-03-27T21:47:12+00:0016 November 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There's something in the water with The Beggar's Opera at the moment. Lazarus Theatre's new, modern-dress, 80-minute version at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre is the third major London presentation of the story of womanising highwayman Macheath this year.

Photos and podcast: Talking politics and musicals at The Buskers Opera

By |2020-03-28T22:47:48+00:0012 May 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Buskers Opera, set during the London 2012 Olympics, is inspired by John Gay's 1728 The Beggar's Opera which, amongst other works, has also inspired Brecht's 1928 piece The Threepenny Opera, revived later this month at the National Theatre.

British musical theatre has just had its Woodstock moment: I was there

By |2020-03-27T12:54:04+00:0017 March 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Jamie Muscato performing at BEAM:2016. © David Ovenden This time last week I

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