The National Theatre, in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, has launched National Theatre at Home, a brand-new streaming platform making their much-loved productions available online to watch anytime, anywhere worldwide.
11 actresses I’d love to see onstage more often post-lockdown
While there might not be quite as many meaty stage roles for actresses as there are actors (is that changing?), the plethora of acting talent I’ve seen over the past 10 years made this quite tricky to narrow down.
Profile on Billie Piper: Journey to Olivier Award-winning actress
When Billie Piper was growing up in Swindon, she had no brother and sisters to play with, but she had two mates she relied heavily on. The first was imagination and the second was make believe.
NEWS: Harry Potter breaks #OlivierAwards record with 11 nominations, Full shortlists
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child becomes the most nominated new play in Olivier history, with 11 nominations. Full 2017 Olivier Award shortlists announced today
After organising the Critics’ Circle Awards, I have a crush on Glenda Jackson
My personal highlight from this year’s Awards: Glenda Jackson. The real prize for me was meeting this woman, who first found her voice in the arts and then used it to such powerful effect in politics.
Did the Critics’ Circle Awards get it right? Ian Foster’s take
Even without trying, I end up being contrary! The Critics’ Circle Awards have announced their winners for 2016 and as I cast my eyes down the list, I was amused to see that their best new play and best musical – The Flick and Groundhog Day – were shows that I did not hugely enjoy.
NEWS: Harry Potter & Glenda Jackson scoop Critics’ Circle Awards
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was the big winner at this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, taking home three prizes, while elsewhere Glenda Jackson, Billie Piper and Stephen Dillane all won acting prizes.
NEWS: Billie Piper’s Yerma returns to Young Vic, Joe Wright directs Life of Galileo, Juliet Stevenson takes Wings
Billie Piper’s reprises her award-winning performance in Yerma at the Young Vic, where other new shows in 2017 include Juliet Stevenson in Arthur Kopit’s Wings and Life of Galileo directed by Joe Wright.
14+ shows most likely to make critics’ #theatre2016 list of lists
I rounded up my personal choices in a recent blog and have enjoyed reading and publishing the scores of Year in Review blogs (nearly 30!) from My Theatre Mates colleagues in recent weeks. As an addendum, I’ve now rounded up critics’ round-ups in other publications.
PHOTOS: Stars in their black-tie finery collecting #ESTheatreAwards
The 2016 Evening Standard Theatre Awards in pictures: Billie Piper, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen (in a fairy costume), Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tyrone Huntley, Noma Dumezweni and many more.
NEWS: Harry Potter wins best play at #ESTheatreAwards, full winners (& shortlists)
Winners of the 2016 Evening Standard Theatre Awards include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Billie Piper, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Kenneth Branagh. A star-studded ceremony indeed at the Old Vic Theatre.
NEWS: Harry Potter wins best play at #ESTheatreAwards, full winners (& shortlists)
Winners of the 2016 Evening Standard Theatre Awards include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Billie Piper, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Kenneth Branagh. A star-studded ceremony indeed at the Old Vic Theatre.
NEWS: Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016 longlist announced + predictions!
The Evening Standard newspaper has today announced the longlist for this year’s annual awards, with Billie Piper, James Norton and Ralph Fiennes among those nominated. Here is who has been nominated in some of the biggest categories – and predictions!
Theatre Podcast: Jesus Christ Superstar, Yerma, Faith Healer
This week the London theatre bloggers discuss Andrew Lloyd Webber musical revival Jesus Christ Superstar at the Open Air Theatre, Yerma starring Billie Piper at the Young Vic and the Donmar’s recent production of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Yerma at the Young Vic Theatre
Billie Piper plays the titular Yerma, a woman who is desperate for a child, in Simon Stone’s production of Lorca’s classic. It opened at the Young Vic Theatre last night (4 August) and continues until 24 September 2016. So what have critics made of it?
YERMA – Young Vic Theatre
“Allow for a three-gin recovery period” advised a tweeter during the previews of Simon Stone’s take on this perennial theme of baby-hunger leading to marital, mental and murderous disaster. Quite right. It is the most shattering night at the ever-intense Young Vic since the psychiatric-hospital Hamlet with Michael Sheen.
7 shows to look out for in August: The Entertainer, Yerma, Allegro, Unfaithful & more
The theatrical axis usually tilts north towards Edinburgh in August, but this year there’s still plenty happening in London as summer heads to a conclusion. Here are a few of the most notable London openings this month that you should keep an eye out for…
NEWS: Billie Piper takes title role in Lorca’s Yerma at Young Vic
Billie Piper will take the title role in a new play based on Lorca’s Yerma written and directed by Simon Stone, his first original work for the UK. The run opens on 4 August 2016 (previews from 28 July) and has now been extended to 24 September 2016.
Review: Our Boys (Duchess Theatre)
Television can make gods of competent actors. The womanly throng crowding the stage door of Our Boys is hungry for Laurence Fox (Lewis), Arthur Darvill (Dr Who) and Matthew Lewis (a nicely matured Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter). But it’s to their credit that the other three actors in this six-man piece are equally good. […]
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Review: Our Boys (Duchess Theatre)
Television can make gods of competent actors. The womanly throng crowding the stage door of Our Boys is hungry for Laurence Fox (Lewis), Arthur Darvill (Dr Who) and Matthew Lewis (a nicely matured Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter). But it’s to their credit that the other three actors in this six-man piece are equally good. […]
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