The Seven Deadly Sins of the Viviana Durante Company at Wilton’s Music Hall
10/05/2019
United Kingdom THREE/8:38/SEVEN: Viviana Durante and Company, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 8.5.2019. (JB)
Viviana Durante & Mbulelo Ndabeni in 8:38
Avalanche: A Love Story: Maxine Peake Excels at the Barbican Theatre
03/05/2019
United Kingdom Julia Leigh, Avalanche: A Love Story: Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 1.5.2019. (CS)
Maxine Peake © The Other Richard
Man of La Mancha is Staged, Acted and Sung Generally Well but Was Not Worth Reviving
01/05/2019
United Kingdom Man of La Mancha (Dale Wasserman [book], Joe Darion [lyrics] and Mitch Leigh [music]): Company of Man of La Mancha, English National Opera Orchestra / David White (conductor). London Coliseum, 30.4.2019. (JPr)
Nicholas Lyndhurst, Peter Polycarpou & Kelsey Grammer (c) Manuel Harlan
Ivo van Hove’s All About Eve is All About Gillian Anderson and Lily James
12/04/2019
United Kingdom Joseph L Mankiewicz’s All About Eve: Adapted and directed for the stage by Ivo van Hove and directed for the screen by Nicholas Wickham. Broadcast live from the Noël Coward Theatre, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 11.4.2019. (JPr)
Lily James (Eve) and Gillian Anderson (Margo) (c) Jan Versweyveld
The Metamorphosis of Renée Fleming and Ben Whishaw in The Shed’s Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
11/04/2019
United States Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy: Renée Fleming, Ben Whishaw, The Griffin Theater, The Shed, New York, 7.4.2019. (RP)
Ben Whishaw & Renée Fleming in Norma Jeane Baker of Troy© Stephanie Berger
When Music is Indistinguishable from Drama by Jack Buckley
25/03/2019
Hugh Grant tells the tale of when he was playing the part of the presumed husband of Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) in the hugely entertaining film, he asked director, Stephen Frears, whether the man was an adventurer after Foster Jenkins’s money or genuinely in love with the woman who was living a passionately dedicated life of self-deception. How should I know? replied Frears, You’re the actor.
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Joshua Harmon’s Admissions at Trafalgar Studios Confronts White Liberals in Denial
18/03/2019
United Kingdom Joshua Harmon’s Admissions: Trafalgar Studios, London. 16.3.2019. (CSa)
Alex Kingston (Sherri) Andrew Woodall (Bill) & Ben Edelman (Charlie) (c) Johan Persson
Charm and Wit Sparks These Pirates of Penzance at Wilton’s Music Hall
01/03/2019
United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Sasha Regan’s All-Male Hit at Wilton’s Music Hall, London. 27.2.2019. (JB)
Sasha Regan’s All-Male The Pirates of Penzance (c) Scott Rylander
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