We’ve said goodbye to 2018 — including a look back at some of the year’s highlights and lowlights. Now it’s time to look ahead to 2019 — and offer my picks of the year so far announced.
Mark Shenton offers his Year in Brief: The Best & Worse of 2018 in Review
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I finally saw sense — or admitted defeat, depending on how you look at it. After what feels like a lifetime of chasing my tail as I tried to see everything – or at least everything that was hotly tipped and/or well-reviewed — I simply gave up the battle.
Calling for changes to theatrical diversity is all very well, but how can we implement it?
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In beginning conversations about theatrical diversity, theatres and critics alike need to recognise that we need each other. Looking for solutions together rather than attacking might be a more constructive route.
Mark Shenton rounds up news, reviews & tweets of the week from London, New York & beyond
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Mark Shenton rounds up news, reviews & tweets of the week from London, New York & beyond including a life-size first birthday cake of John McCrea at Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and the opening of King Kong on Broadway.
Mark Shenton rounds up news, reviews, interviews & controversies from London, New York & beyond
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Mark Shenton offers reviews, news, interviews and tweets of the week from the West End, Broadway and beyond.
Mark Shenton takes a looks at the thumbs up & down reviews in the West End, plus news from Broadway & beyond
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Mark Shenton’s news, reviews, quotes, tweets and farewells of the week, from the West End, Broadway and beyond.
Mark Shenton views the week of news in the West End & Broadway including a trio of much-anticipated London openings
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A big week in London theatre, with three of the most anticipated openings of the autumn: Marianne Elliott’s new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1970 musical Company, Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance at the Noel Coward and the launch of Emma Rice’s new post-Globe company Wise Children with a show also called Wild Children, at the Old Vic.
Mark Shenton views the week of news, openings & radical overhauls of Shakespeare in the West End, Broadway & beyond
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Mark Shenton offers the week’s news, reviews, quotes and tweets in theatre from both sides of the Atlantic, including an interview with Sonia Friedman, reviews of Shakespeare in three different abbreviated versions, and a YouTube star appearing on Broadway.
Mark Shenton views the week of news, openings & upcoming awards… in the West End, Broadway & beyond
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Mark Shenton views the week of news, openings & upcoming awards… in the West End, Broadway & beyond.
Mark Shenton views the week of openings, interviews & latest lists… in the West End & on Broadway
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News, reviews, interviews and farewells of the week in London, New York and the regions, including social media influencers, Pinter in the West End and more.