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The Show People Podcast: Back from Broadway, musicals leading man Alistair Brammer

In Audio, Broadway, Features, Inspiring people, Interviews, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion by Andrew Keates10th May 2018Leave a Comment

It’s the hottest day of the year when this podcast is recorded – and we’ve got a leading man to match! Actor Alistair Brammer joins host and director Andrew Keates for this episode of the Show People Podcast, after playing Chris in both the Broadway and West End productions of Miss Saigon.

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OFF–BROADWAY: ‘Intentions come from a good place’ for We Live By The Sea

In Broadway, International, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly3rd May 2018Leave a Comment

Patch of Blue, the company responsible for We Live By the Sea, specialises in devised theatre that expands the conventional scope of audiences and here they share the life of a 15-year-old woman on the autistic spectrum.

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INTERVIEW: Umbrella Festival’s Peg Schuler-Armstrong on working with Oily Cart

In Children's theatre, Features, Festivals, Inspiring people, International, Interviews, Opinion, Plays, Quotes by Laura Kressly28th April 2018Leave a Comment

New York’s Lincoln Center invited UK-based Oily Cart to be one of three theatres from outside the US to perform at the Big Umbrella Festival, the first of its kind dedicated to such audiences.

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On Broadway: What did an American theatrical anglophile make of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children?

In Broadway, International, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly10th January 2018Leave a Comment

American dramaphiles tend to view Britain as a hotbed of hyper-verbal and hyper-intellectual plays, especially in comparison to our home-bred musicals that often lack the same resonant depth.

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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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Audiences & addiction in People, Places & Things

In Broadway, Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Touring by Laura Kressly28th December 2017Leave a Comment

A second, transatlantic viewing proves just how thoroughly the production theatricalises addicts’ experiences in order to generate audience empathy with the struggle to overcome addiction.

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ORDINARY DAYS – Drayton Arms Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Olivia Mitchell4th December 2017Leave a Comment

Christmas is approaching so spirits are high but as the days get colder we and darker we tend to crave the optimistic escape that theatre provides. Ordinary Days is just what we need – realistic, heartfelt and warm.

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‘Charm & wit’: Ordinary Days – Drayton Arms Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Laura Kressly25th November 2017Leave a Comment

There is the glorious Deb. A semi-neurotic slice of contemporary crisis. Nora Perone completely nails the role with her excellent vocals and comic timing.

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HEISENBERG: The Uncertainty Principle – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Aleks Sierz11th October 2017Leave a Comment

Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham try their best in unconvincing rom-com, which is predictable and portentous.

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THE TOXIC AVENGER – Arts Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Laura Kressly9th October 2017Leave a Comment

I’ve seen sexist theatre. I’ve seen ableist theatre. But it’s rare to come across a show that is so openly and unashamedly both of these things.

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