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‘If the politics are questionable, this production certainly sings’: QUIZ – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Aleks Sierz13th April 2018Leave a Comment

It’s been a golden week for James Graham, British theatre’s wonder boy. After winning an Olivier Award for his comedy, Labour of Love, he now has another show in the West End, this time a transfer from the Chichester Theatre, where it premiered last November.

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Debbie Gilpin on Olivier Awards: Disappointment for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie & Hamlet

In Awards, Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin9th April 2018Leave a Comment

So, that just happened! Despite some small disappointments in the nominations (nothing too much, just some things felt unnecessarily overlooked), I was rather looking forward to this year’s Oliviers.

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NEWS: Hamilton scoops seven Olivier Awards with top honours for The Ferryman & National Theatre too

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Pantomimes, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Press Releases8th April 2018Leave a Comment

New American musical Hamilton collected seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical and The Ferryman went home with three prizes at the Olivier Awards 2018, the UK’s most prestigious stage honours announced tonight (Sunday 8 April 2018) at London’s Royal Albert Hall hosted by Catherine Tate.

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2017 Regional theatre recap

In Broadway, Manchester, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin31st December 2017Leave a Comment

Much of my ‘touring’ has been concentrated in Bristol and Chichester; there are a few other UK venues to add to the list, as well as some from my week in New York, of course.

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2017 Review and what to see in 2018

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Maryam Philpott28th December 2017Leave a Comment

Naturally, facing what felt like a significant and unbreachable rift, instability and economic downturn was the likely outcome, which for the arts, could only mean one thing – cultural depletion – as audience seek safety in comfort and nostalgia.

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Text of the Day: Labour of Love

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Quotes by Aleks Sierz20th November 2017Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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What are the Top 15 hottest tickets on the site right NOW?

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opinion, Plays, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Press Releases1st November 20171 Comment

These are our current Top 15 Ticket Recommendations – broken down into five musicals, five plays and five ‘star attractions’ (in other words, there are famous faces in the cast) – based on both best-sellers over the past month as well as our predictions on the hottest of upcoming openings

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LABOUR OF LOVE – West End ★★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Libby Purves24th October 2017Leave a Comment

The joyful thing about James Graham is that for all the playwright’s youth, diamond wit and forensic insight, there is a deep humankindliness in his work.

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Text of the Day: Labour of Love

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Quotes by Aleks Sierz20th October 2017Leave a Comment

Text of the day: “Well, what’s happening is if you’re Northern, you’re getting butchered, it’s like Game of fucking Thrones.”
The post Labour of Love appeared first on Aleks Sierz.

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LABOUR OF LOVE – West End ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Johnny Fox17th October 2017Leave a Comment

James Graham is on an electoral roll: There’s certainly a surfeit of election nights in Labour of Love and Martin Freeman’s bright boy Blairite David Lyons

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‘If the politics are questionable, this production certainly sings’: QUIZ – West End

Debbie Gilpin on Olivier Awards: Disappointment for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie & Hamlet

NEWS: Hamilton scoops seven Olivier Awards with top honours for The Ferryman & National Theatre too

2017 Regional theatre recap

2017 Review and what to see in 2018

Text of the Day: Labour of Love

What are the Top 15 hottest tickets on the site right NOW?

LABOUR OF LOVE – West End ★★★★★

Text of the Day: Labour of Love

LABOUR OF LOVE – West End ★★★★

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