My top #theatre2016 plays, musicals & performances
My top #theatre2016 plays, musicals & performances

My top #theatre2016 plays, musicals & performances

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:50:34+00:0029 December 2016|Tags: #Shakespeare400, #theatre2016, Amanda Muggelton, Amanda Muggleton, Beyond the Fence, Buried Child, Charlie Stemp, Charlotte Hope, Dead Funny, Denise Gough, Deny Deny Deny, Eddie Izzard, Elegy, Force Majeure, Funny Girl, Gemma Arterton, Groundhog Day, Guys & Dolls, Half a Sixpence, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Her Aching Heart, HighTide Festival, How the Other Half Loves, Jane Wenham, Jekyll & Hyde, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lucy Williamson, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mrs Henderson Presents, Murder Ballad, Nell Gwynn, One Night in Miami, People Places and Things, Pink Mist, School of Rock, She Loves Me, Sheridan Smith, Show Boat, Steel Magnolias, The Boys in the Band, The Buskers Opera, The Go-Between, The Last Five Years, The Spoils, Tis Pity She's a Whore, Tom Hollander, Tonight with Donny Stixx, Tyrone Huntley, Welcome Home Captain Fox, Year in review|

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

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

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

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T21:47:12+00:0016 November 2016|Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Brockley Jack Studio, Debates, John Gay, Lazarus Theatre, Michael Peavoy, Post-show Q&As, Ricky Dukes, Sara Reimers, Terri Paddock events, The Beggar's Opera, The Buskers Opera, The Threepenny Opera|

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.

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

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

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-28T22:47:48+00:0012 May 2016|Tags: Dougal Irvine, George Maguire, Lauren Samuels, Natasha Cottriall, Park Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Terri Paddock events, The Buskers Opera|

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.

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